…will run in the immediate aftermath of new retaliatory tariffs being announced on American farm exports from key U.S. trading partners including Mexico, India, Canada, China and the European Union….
Ag Groups Want #TradeNotTariffs
Ag groups have spent weeks engaging the Trump Administration for more insight into the future of trade tariffs. Those agricultural producers and related industries that depend on exports are now…
Farm Bureau: Farmers Buoyed by Senate Farm Bill Vote
…Committee. Low commodity prices, rising interest rates and an uncertain future for exports hang heavy over America’s farm and ranch land. But today’s vote means light on the horizon. We…
EPA Admin Says EPA Will Move on Year-Round E15
…plant, along with meeting local agriculture groups. The visit comes a week after the White House stopped a proposal that ethanol groups say would harm the industry, allowing RIN exports,…
Mexico Turning to EU and Others to Replace U.S. Pork Imports
…its total pork exports to Mexico last year. Meanwhile EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said “if Trump does not want to do business, the EU is ready and willing.” From…
Mexican Cheese Tariffs Could Devastate American Dairy Export Sales
Mexico is an important export market for American dairy, specifically cheese. Mexico takes up 28 percent of all U.S. cheese exports, which means it buys more American cheese than any…
Under Secretary McKinney to Lead Japan Trade Mission
…their quality, affordability and safety. I’m eager to return to Japan and continue exploring all the ways we can grow U.S. agricultural exports there.” Participants include leaders from the local…
FMD Language In Senate Agriculture Panel’s Farm Bill
…University economists, an FMD outbreak in the United States, which would prompt countries to close their markets to U.S. meat exports, would cost the beef and pork industries a combined…
More Tariffs From Mexico Planned
…Canada, Mexico and European Union previously from the tariffs. The tariffs will impact just more than one percent of all U.S. exports to Mexico, but will have significant impact on…
Agri View: Trade War Threat Continues
…they would turn to Asian countries to keep their market strong. In some opinions, they would have to look beyond European exports to take up the slack. If Europe can’t…
Pork Producers Respond to Mexican Retaliation
…tariffs on its metal exports to the United States. Mexico’s decision follows similar retaliation in early April by China, which imposed additional 25 percent tariffs on U.S. pork, reducing live…
Peterson: New Farm Bill Must Protect Against Trade Retaliation
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson says that American tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will generate retaliation that will hit farm exports hard. As a result, he’ll be…
US Sales of California Wine Increased in 2017
…but the legal drinking age population has grown by ten percent which is one of the reasons sales of California wine increased. Over 90 percent of all U.S. wine exports…
Agriculture Groups Oppose Tariffs
…2015 levels by next year. Exports accounted for more than $53 of the average $149 value of a hog last year and support over 110,000 U.S. jobs. We call for…