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In late May, 40 agriculture and food groups called on the Administration to eliminate or reduce tariffs being imposed on other countries. The Ag groups say those countries are in turn levying tariffs against American products, which are hurting the U ...

One Pacific Northwest school will receive thousands of dollars via the Apples4Education grant program. The effort, put on by the U.S. Apple Association, awarded four schools from around the nation $4,000 for the 2022-23 school year. Each grant will provide supplemental student nutrition and expose students to a wider variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as teach students about healthy

Jim Bair, President and CEO at USApple said the farming community needs the Biden Administration to reverse the tariffs imposed on China by the Trump Administration, but right now there is no interest in doing so. He noted that exports of Washington apples have dropped considerably over recent years, thanks to the 50% price increase currently imposed by China ...

Apple Exports to Southeast Asia have dropped by 40% over the past three years. Thursday’s report from the U.S. Apple Association said the drastic drop in exports is especially being felt as Chinese New Year gets underway Tuesday. The holiday helped secure a large market for the U.S. ap ...

Recently, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office met with counterparts from India to start Ag trade negotiations. USApple said while they appreciate the effort to restart negotiations with one of the largest markets in the world, more needs to be done. USA ...

The U.S. Apple Association, USApple, has donated $20,000 for the School Nutrition Foundation’s “Help Feed School Kids Now!” emergency feeding campaign. USApple’s Tracy Grondine, said every year they give $20,000 to needy schools that support healthy eating initiatives. "This past year we were unable ...

The U.S. Apple Association, better known as USApple, announced Monday that Chris Gerlach will join later this month as the Director of Industry Analytics. Organization officials said Gerlach has a wealth of experience in public policy research and economic analysis for large, mission-driven organizations ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Apple Association, joined by apple organizations across the nation, asked the USDA to reconsider growers for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, funding. According to the groups, USDA’s analysis that determined apple prices and grower eligibility is fatally flawed and does not match the reality of what is happening in the industry. ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Apple Association joined other national agriculture organizations calling on the State Department to expedite all H2-A and other non-immigrant agricultural worker visas. In a letter to Secretary Mike Pompeo, the Ag Workforce Coalition, (of which USApple is a founding member) called for the State Department to treat all agricultural workers under emergency visa services ...

The U.S. Apple Association has launched its 2019-20 Apples4Ed initiative.  The grant program supports healthy snacking initiatives in public schools across the United States.  USApple will fund five $4,000 healthy snacking initiatives on campuses in 2020.   ...