USDA will temporarily permit licensed sugar refiners to transfer program sugar from their license to another licensed refiners license through Sept. 30, 2013....More
Eye of the Needle winery buys surplus wine from premium wineries and blends, ages and bottles it under their own label in an effort to create a flavorful wine for $10-$15....More
Strong yields coupled with record plantings will help farmers produce a record total corn supply of 14.9 billion bushels, 3 billion bushels more than last year....More
Talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership provide an opportunity for the U.S. and the Eu to have a fresh start on agricultural issues....More
Turkey has arrested three rice importers, alleging that rice imported by these firms and placed on the Turkish market contains unapproved genetically modified (GM) traits....More
Sales to China helped grow California wine exports to a record $1.4 billion in sales last year. China is the state’s fifth largest export market with $74 million in wine sales in 2012....More
Consumers have more access to wine throughout the country with wine-selling locations expanding by well over 50,000 from five years ago. U.S. wine sales increased 2 percent from the previous year to an estimated retail value of $34.6 billion....More