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WATERTOWN, S.D. – Among the news coming out of the recent South Dakota Governor’s Agricultural Summit was the announcement of an upcoming trade mission. Luke Lindberg, president and CEO of South Dakota Trade, a company that navigates international trade deals, announced a South Dakota delegation will be on a trade mission to Mexico in September. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad. Sponsored by U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act is supported by leading animal welfare groups, including the ASPCA […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that a Mexican plan to ban imports of genetically modified corn would apply to grain used for human food products, not livestock feed, based on recent talks he had with Mexican Agriculture Secretary Victor Villalobos Arambula. Vilsack said limiting the ban to food products makes a […]