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Is an avocado shortage looming?

Grab your guacamole while you can

Salon · Feb 16, 2022

IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office - Roll Call

IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office - Roll Call

The inspector general said a USDA office was slow to handle complaints of discrimination during the Trump administration.

Roll Call · Feb 15, 2022

U.S. to halt Mexican avocado imports 'as long as necessary' to ensure worker safety

U.S. to halt Mexican avocado imports 'as long as necessary' to ensure worker safety

U.S. imports of new Mexican avocado harvests will stay suspended for "as long as necessary" to ensure the safety of U.S. inspectors who were threatened verbally in Mexico's western Michoacan state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2022

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USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack named Shirley Sherrod to an equity panel over a decade after dismissing her, and then apologizing for doing so.

Roll Call · Feb 10, 2022

Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid

WASHINGTON — Native American groups say food is both identity and power, something they want Washington to understand as they seek more control of their own diets, more traditional foods in aid programs and bigger roles for Indigenous American farmers.

Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022

Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid - Roll Call

Native American groups say food is both identity and power, something they want Washington to understand as they seek more control of their own diets, more traditional foods in aid programs and bigger roles for Indigenous American farmers. The groups are eyeing not only the Food Distribution Program on Indian…

Roll Call · Feb 2, 2022

What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature.”

The Conversation · Jan 21, 2022

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Florida orange production is on pace for state’s smallest crop in 77 years. Blame citrus diseases.

Florida orange production is on pace for state’s smallest crop in 77 years. Blame citrus diseases.

If the latest USDA estimate holds true, Florida would produce its fewest number of oranges since 1944-1945, and California would surpass it for the first time in recent years.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 19, 2022

Sugar Prices Tumble on Rain Forecasts for Brazil

Sugar Prices Tumble on Rain Forecasts for Brazil

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.52 (-2.26%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is down -8.60 (-1.49%). Sugar prices today are sharply lower after rain forecasts for Brazil sparked long liquidation in sugar futures. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said today that substantial showers...

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