Agribusiness Update for Tuesday 4/02/13

Agribusiness Update for Tuesday 4/02/13

This is the Agribusiness Update...I’m Greg Martin...

Risk Management is advising Pacific Northwest nursery growers of the May 1, sales closing date for 2014 Nursery Multi-Peril Crop Insurance coverage. New policy applications may be filled at any time; however, all applications, including those for new or amended coverage, are subject to a 30-day waiting period before coverage begins.

Momentum is building for the completion of a draft immigration bill but Republican lawmakers are urging Senate leaders to slow the process down to avoid making "fatal" mistakes.  Advocates for the reform bill were jubilant over the weekend after representatives for big business and labor agreed on a framework for allowing low-skilled workers into the country. 

The Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period on the pilot project report on food traceability. With the comment period set to expire April 4, the FDA extended the deadline for comments until July 3.

That’s today’s Agribusiness Update from the Ag Information Network. 

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