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What if the Farm Bill Was Stripped of its Nutrition Title?

As we have heard over the past few weeks, one of the biggest issues with lawmakers agreeing on a new Farm Bill is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). There has been talk by some lawmakers about possibly taking the nutrition title out of the Farm Bill. So in a story from Gary Crawford, they look at what the likely result of …

Flooding Damages South Africa Citrus
Heavy rainfall in South Africa’s Eastern and Western Cape provinces earlier this month — during early mandarin harvesting — caused widespread flooding that is expected to impact production. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) reported that the floods destroyed export-quality fruit and wiped out entire crops for some growers at the […]
Pressures Impacting the Brazilian Citrus Industry
Shifts in the international geopolitical landscape, rising logistics costs, sanitary barriers and currency fluctuations are directly impacting Brazil’s fruit industry, including citrus. The effects of these transformations were discussed during a recent edition of the Socioeconomics Debates series, hosted by Embrapa, under the theme, Brazil’s Fruit Industry: How Global Crises Impact What Reaches Your Table. […]