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Rebranded NAFTA now includes Canada, Mexico and the USA

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that will make modest revisions to a previous deal which was killed. This new agreement will ease uncertainly for companies reliant on tariff-free commerce.

The 24-year-0ld NAFTA will now be superseded by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, covering a region that collectively trades more than $1 trillion annually.

The new deal is to have more cars and truck parts made in North America. Also, Canada was holding firm on charging high tariffs on US dairy products. Canada has a complex milk and dairy system. To ensure Canadian dairy farmers don't go bankrupt, the Canadian government restricts how much foreign dairy can enter to keep milk prices high. In the end, Canada is keeping most of its system in place, but is giving a greater market share to the US dairy farmers. That means US dairy farmers can probably send a lot more milk protein concentrate, skim milk powder and infant formula to Canada.

Ever Wonder How Animal Feed is Made?

AFIA (American Feed Industry Association) has a great short film on the four basic steps involved in producing animal food: receiving, formulating, mixing and packaging. Take a look:

USSEC Conference in Cairo Egypt, September 2018

Kevin Sinnott, President of Fornazor International, was an invited guest speaker at the USSEC fifth annual Regional Dairy Nutrition Conference. He discussed export logistics from the USA to the Middle East.

The MENA region is home to 380 million people or six percent of the global population.  The countries of Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Israel import over 150,000 metric tons of U.S. Soy and the region represents four percent of total U.S. Soy exports.

Pictured are Kevin Sinnott and Dr. Dave Gast, Director, Nutrition & Technical Services, Ag Processing Inc.

Percentage of US Agricultural Production Exported

As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture/ Foreign Ag Service:

U.S. To Pay Farmers $4.7 Billion to Offset Trade Conflict Losses

US to spend $4.7B to aid farmers

Starting Sept. 4, the USDA’s Farm Service Agency will administer a program to provide payments to corn, cotton, diary, hog, sorghum, soybean and wheat farmers.  Soybean farmers will get the bulk of the money, $3.7 billion. Pork producers will get $290 million, while cotton farmers will receive $277 million.

Feed Navigator E Magazine Reports on Fornazor’s Super Pro Plus Halal Certified Vegetable Protein

Fornazor International, an award winning American commodity exporter, was featured in the July 24th issue of Feed Navigator.

Coverage was reported on the recent Halal certification of Super Pro Plus Vegetable Protein Concentrate.

For the full article:

https://www.feednavigator.com/Article/2018/07/24/US-export-company-receives-halal-feed-ingredient-certification

Fornazor International Receives Halal Certification for its Vegetable Protein

Fornazor International's Super Pro Plus, the all natural, 100% vegetable protein, is now Halal certified by Islamic Services of America.

This protein concentrate is intended for use in layer, breeder and broiler rations. It's a dense energy concentration, with a highly digestible protein and an ideal amnio acid profile. It has many of the same attributes of animal proteins, without any added animal protein sources.

A typical analysis has a protein level over 58%.

Available in 25kg poly bags, 50 kg poly bags, jumbo bags and bulk containers.

Halal certified.

For more information, call Fornazor International at 201 664 4000, New Jersey, USA

Cow Environmental Stress

Cornell University's College of Agriculture recently published an interesting article on cow environmental stress. It's the summer in many parts of the world. People are hot....and so are cows.

The article, authored by Curt Gooch, states:

"A visit on July 4th to a dairy farm that employs aggressive fan cooling for their dairy cows  reminded me how much cows really need direct evaporative cooling (sprinklers) to mitigate heat stress when summertime heat waves hit. Cows lying in their sand beds were aggressively panting and drooling saliva with every breath. While sprinklers cannot be located to cool cows when resting in stalls, they can do a great job at the feed bunk, holding areas, and return alleys. "

Keys to successful sprinkler systems include:

• ample water supply, up to 50 gallons per cow per day
• adequately sized pipe to deliver required water to sprinkler manifold pipes
• low pressure within manifold pipes - about 20 psi
• nozzles located so that cows' backs and upper flanks are soaked to the skin in about two minutes of water application
• fans located over feedbunk to remove cow-evaporated moisture from immediately around the hair surface for the balance of a 10 to 15 minute wetting cycle
• an appropriate system controller with proper settings

For your dairy farm's alfalfa needs, contact Fornazor International. We will be happy to give you current prices.