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China, Canada and Mexico
2018 and 2019, retaliatory tariffs imposed by countries such as China, Canada, and Mexico led to an estimated annual loss of $13.2...
Agtools Inc.
Feb 171 min read


Tariffs and Grapes
Specialty crop producers, including those such as fresh grapes, almonds, cranberries, cherries, pistachios, and more, received payments...
Agtools Inc.
Feb 171 min read


Local Sourcing by African Countries
Local procurement from smallholder farmers, support to and capacity building of farmers and their organizations to respond to demand for...
Agtools Inc.
Feb 31 min read


Worldwide Children Fed or Not Fed
Through national school meals programs, around 418 million children worldwide currently receive a meal at school every day, an increase...
Agtools Inc.
Feb 31 min read


Disparities
From 2020 to 2022, global spending on school meals increased by $5 billion, from $43 billion to $48 billion . Today, about 41 percen t...
Agtools Inc.
Feb 31 min read


65TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH SOCIETY
Agtools participated in the 65th FDRS Conference, which focused on scaling technology in the food and agricultural industries. The...
Agtools Inc.
Feb 31 min read


Saudi Arabia takes further steps in Agriculture
Singapore-based Olam Group VC2 ; is close to announcing a deal to sell the remainder of its stake in its agricultural products...
Agtools Inc.
Jan 291 min read


The Domestic Agricultural Workforce
Immigrants play a vital role in the U.S. agricultural workforce: They make up approximately 61% of farmworkers, according to the most...
Agtools Inc.
Jan 292 min read


TARIFFS, The Fourth Favorite Word
As the threat of tariffs looms, the U.S. agriculture market is expected to be one of the main industries to be hit by economic fallout....
Agtools Inc.
Jan 291 min read


USA Food Dependency?
U.S. agricultural trade deficit is projected to be a record $45.5 billion in fiscal year 2025, according to the USDA. This is a...
Agtools Inc.
Jan 201 min read


Fruits, Vegetables, tree nuts and more USA dependency
The value of U.S. agricultural imports grew by a compounded annual growth rate of 5.8 percent from fiscal years 2013 to 2023. In most...
Agtools Inc.
Jan 191 min read


Thinking Globally About Agricultural Universities and Extensions
In the 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) incorporated the land-grant university (LGU) system, with...
Agtools Inc.
Dec 18, 20241 min read


Technology can Leapfrog and Engage Youth to Agricultural Schools
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) has received record numbers of applications for admission, including...
Agtools Inc.
Dec 18, 20241 min read


Ag Giant Cargill Lays off Thousand of Workers
Cargill said it is laying off 5% of its global workforce, roughly 8,000 workers, as the agricultural giant deals with tepid crop prices...
Agtools Inc.
Dec 10, 20241 min read


The X-Factor for USA New Food Agenda: New Agriculture Secretary and News HHS Secretary
Brooke Rollins , the President elect’s nominee for Agriculture Secretary, is the current president of the America First Policy Institute,...
Agtools Inc.
Dec 9, 20241 min read


USA Farm Incomes Decrease in 2024
U.S. farm incomes are expected to fall again in 2024 and many farmers find themselves facing tighter budgets for next year. The...
Agtools Inc.
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Artificial Intelligence for Long Term Food Supply
30% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions can be traced to global agrifood systems. If AI is appropriately developed and governed to...
Agtools Inc.
Nov 11, 20241 min read


Technology for Global South
During winter months, crops from the Southern Hemisphere help meet the food needs of the Northern Hemisphere. By implementing technology...
Agtools Inc.
Nov 11, 20241 min read


The Global Food Market is expected to reach $9.12 trillion in 2024, with an annual Growth rate of 6.7%.
Ensuring food security is a multifaceted goal inextricably linked to environmental sustainability, economics, global peace and security,...
Agtools Inc.
Nov 11, 20241 min read


Tariffs Go Both Ways
Charles Wachsmuth, who helps run a family-owned kidney-bean processor in Menomonie, Wis., said that in 2018, giant bags of kidney beans...
Agtools Inc.
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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