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Biden signs Ocean Shipping Reform Act

In a rare showing of bipartisan unity, Congress has passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, a bill that...

3 years ago 2 minute read

USApple supports USTR ag trade negotiator nominee

Falls Church, Va. (June 8, 2022)—The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 today applauded President Biden’s announcement that he intends to...

3 years ago 1 minute read

USApple joins ag groups on battle with tariffs

Falls Church, Va. (May 26, 2022) — The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 today joined more than 40 agriculture and...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Retaliatory tariffs keep hammering apples

At the end of October, the U.S and European Union agreed to end a dispute over steel and aluminum tariffs...

3 years ago 3 minute read

USApple: Many apple businesses will be left out of COVID-19 assistance program

Falls Church, Va. (Sept. 9, 2021)— Many U.S. apple businesses won’t qualify for Critical COVID-relief assistance that was announced today...

4 years ago 2 minute read

USApple elects board chair for 2021-22

Chicago (August 20, 2021) —The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 has named a new chair to lead its board of...

4 years ago 2 minute read

USApple forecasts 2021-22 production over 11 billion pounds, up 2.7% on last year

Chicago (August 19, 2021) — While the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the apple industry up and down the supply chain,...

4 years ago 4 minute read

President Biden visits Michigan apple orchard

Falls Church, Va. (July 6, 2021)—During a stop in Northern Michigan this weekend President Biden visited grower and former Young...

4 years ago 1 minute read

USApple says production, exports up for 2019 crop

PRESS RELEASE Falls Church, Va. (August 20, 2020)— The 2019 apple crop was the sixth largest crop in history, said...

5 years ago 3 minute read

USApple announces staff promotions

Falls Church, Va. (July 23, 2020)—The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 today announced the promotions of Jessa Allen to Vice...

5 years ago 3 minute read

USApple hires director of industry analytics

Falls Church, Va. (July 13, 2020)—The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 today announced that Christopher Gerlach will join the organization...

5 years ago 3 minute read

USDA reverses decision, includes apples in grower assistance program

July 9, 2020 (Falls Church, Va.)—The U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473 is extremely pleased with the correction issued today by...

5 years ago 2 minute read

U.S.-China trade deal delivers some produce wins

The United States and China signed a trade agreement today that should improve access for U.S. fruit and vegetable exporters....

5 years ago 3 minute read

U.S. apple holdings up 14 percent from last year

U.S. fresh-market apple holdings of 104.0 million bushels on January 1, 2020, are 14 percent greater than the January 1,...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Projections show a manageable apple crop

Apple production in the United States runs from coast to coast with nearly three dozen states growing commercially. This output,...

6 years ago 1 minute read

USApple’s Bair urges USMCA passage

PRESS RELEASE: Washington, D.C. (Sept. 13, 2019)—USApple BB #:145473  President & CEO Jim Bair  spoke at a press conference in...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Apple growers brace for new round of Chinese tariffs

PRESS RELEASE: Falls Church, Va. (Aug. 28, 2019)—U.S. apple growers are bracing for another round of retaliatory tariffs from China,...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Top USDA trade official to USApple: trade must be “Free, Fair and Reciprocal”

PRESS RELEASE: CHICAGO (Aug. 23, 2019)—Free, fair and reciprocal trade for U.S. agriculture was the resounding message from Agriculture Under Secretary...

6 years ago 3 minute read

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