CBP agriculture specialists working at area ports ensure Mother’s Day flowers are disease and pest free
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at El Paso area ports of entry are busy this week making sure that personal and commercial importations of Mother’s Day flowers are…
VIJAY JAYARAJ: Bureaucrats Are Killing Agriculture In The Name Of Global Warming
VIJAY JAYARAJ: Bureaucrats Are Killing Agriculture In The Name Of Global Warming Vijay Jayaraj on March 6, 2023 Countries around the world are imposing on agriculture outlandish taxes and restrictions on emissions…
CBP Agriculture Specialists Stop the “Pest-ering” at Otay Mesa with a First-in-Nation Discovery
OTAY MESA, Calif., – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists had a remarkable finding that will go down in history. A first-in-nation pest was discovered at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility…
First Rare Pest Discovery by CBP Agriculture Specialists at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility
OTAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists found something unusual while examining a shipment containing fresh celery, the interception of a rare pest, a first-in-port discovery. A lepidoptera…
U.S. agriculture trade chief demands Canada broaden dairy quota access
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada must let U.S. processors of cheese, ice cream, yogurt, milk powder and other dairy products have access to its import quotas to resolve a second…
Two Camden farms to be preserved by NJ Dept. of Agriculture
Submitted by Jessica Ciccone CAMDEN, NJ – The New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC), the Farmland Preservation arm that is in, but not of, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, approved…
El Paso Area CBP Agriculture Specialist Working to Ensure Valentine’s Day Flowers Are Pest-Free
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at El Paso area ports of entry are busy this week tapping and shaking cut flower shipments to make sure that personal and…
CBP Agriculture Specialists Stop and Smell the Roses for a Pest-Free Valentine’s Day
SAN DIEGO – Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists are busy working at U.S. ports of entry to ensure that flowers that are being…
4.3 Tons of Narcotics, 6,084 Seizures, 9,130 Agriculture and Biological Interceptions, More Than $105 Million in Fake Merchandise: Fiscal Year 2022 Yields Big Enforcement Numbers for Cincinnati CBP
CINCINNATI— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and specialists in Cincinnati posted record-breaking numbers of enforcement actions during Fiscal Year 2022. From October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022, Cincinnati seized…
CBP Agriculture Specialists Seize Prohibited Plant, Animal Materials, Issue $18K in Penalties at Laredo Port of Entry During Paisano Return Weekend
LAREDO, Texas—As the international bridges at Laredo Port of Entry teemed with returning paisano traffic this weekend, and in order to prevent the inadvertent proliferation of pests and diseases, U.S. Customs and…
CBP Officers, Agriculture Specialists Discover Undeclared Parrot at the Camino Real International Bridge
EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers and agriculture specialists at the Camino Real International Bridge made an unusual discovery this week when they encountered an…
U.S. farmers receive nearly $800 million in loan relief from agriculture agency
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. farmers in economic distress have received nearly $800 million in loan relief from the Department of Agriculture (USDA)using funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, Agriculture…
Final Defendant Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Defraud U.S. Department Of Agriculture
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ghasan Awad (60, Safety Harbor) to 27 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to…
Second Defendant Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Defraud U.S. Department Of Agriculture
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Bassam Al Saleh (65, Tampa) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to…
CBP Agriculture Specialists Issue $2,000 in Penalties for Prohibited Food Products at Hidalgo International Bridge
HIDALGO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Hidalgo International Bridge issued $2,050 in penalties over the month of September at the international bridges of Hidalgo, Pharr, and…
U.S. railways to halt grain shipments ahead of potential shutdown -agriculture sources
By P.J. Huffstutter and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Some U.S. railroads will start halting crop shipments on Thursday, a day ahead of a potential work stoppage, an agricultural association and sources…
U.S. says no weekly agriculture export sales data until Sept. 15
(Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Wednesday said it would not publish weekly export sales data for crops like corn, soybeans and wheat until Sept. 15 at the earliest, leaving…
Calexico Port of Entry Agriculture Specialist Intercepted a First-in-Nation Pest
Calexico East port of entry commercial facility intercepted a “First-in-Nation” pest, a minute insect commonly known as a “leafhopper.” CALEXICO, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Calexico…
Furry Philadelphia CBP Brigade Protects America’s Agriculture by Sniffing Out Potential Threats
PHILADELPHIA – At first glance, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s agriculture-detecting beagles look like adorable little pets who greet international travelers to the United States. But that cuteness belies the very serious…
Agriculture Specialists Discover Umbilical Cords
NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday August 2, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists at the Louis Armstrong International Airport discovered a human umbilical cord in a passenger’s baggage. The passenger…
Ukraine sees big increase in agriculture exports in July
KYIV – Ukraine’s grain, oilseed, vegetable oil exports rose 22.7% in July versus June to 2.66 million tonnes thanks to higher wheat and barley shipments, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Ukraine’s…
Former Illinois Department of Agriculture Investigator Charged with Federal Civil Rights Violations for Allegedly Grabbing and Groping Multiple Individuals While on Duty
CHICAGO — A former investigator for the Illinois Department of Agriculture has been charged with federal civil rights violations for allegedly grabbing and groping several operators of animal care facilities while on…
Erdogan tells Zelenskiy he values project to create sea route for agriculture exports
ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a call on Monday that he placed value on a project to create a safe sea route for exporting…
AXA, Unilever to join new 1 billion euro regenerative agriculture fund
ZURICH – Insurer Axa and consumer goods group Unilever plan to invest 100 million euros each into a new 1 billion euro ($1.06 billion) regenerative agriculture fund to be managed by Tikehau…
CBP Agriculture Specialists in Pharr Intercept Rare Pest, a First in the Nation Discovery
PHARR, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Pharr International Bridge discovered a rare pest, a first in nation discovery, in a shipment of fresh fruit. “Our agriculture…
Biden Admin Mulls Environmental Regs That Farmers Say Could Crush Agriculture Industry: REPORT
Biden Admin Mulls Environmental Regs That Farmers Say Could Crush Agriculture Industry: REPORT Thomas Catenacci on April 22, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering whether to reverse a Trump administration…
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