The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation effort passed the one-year anniversary this week. A year ago Thursday, the U.S., Canada and Mexico convened for the start of the…
USDA Announces Section 32 Beef, Chicken Purchases
…from the normal channels of trade and commerce. The purchases, USDA says, are part of the normal operations of administering Section 32 and are not related or associated with the…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Bayer’s Vegetable Seeds Business
…requirement needed for regulatory approval of the Bayer-Monsanto agreement. Bayer took ownership of Monsanto in June, but the two companies were ordered to remain separate until conditions by the U.S….
Perdue Talks Tariffs, Water in San Joaquin Valley
While the foreign trade climate continues to stay heated, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue spent a few days touring farming operations up and down the state making several stops within…
China Files WTO Complaint over U.S. Solar Tariffs
China’s latest shot in a tit-for-tat trade war is a World Trade Organization Complaint over U.S. solar tariffs. China filed a complaint with the WTO to help determine the legality…
Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
Falling ag exports to China, India, Mexico and Turkey expected to lower prices The ongoing international trade turmoil between the U.S. and other countries has prompted import tariffs on many…
U.S., Mexico, Close to Reaching NAFTA Deal
The U.S. and Mexico are “very, very close” to reaching a deal to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A White House economic adviser said this week the…
Farm Export Prices Post Large Declines in July
…decline in July followed a one percent decrease in June, which followed a 1.6 percent increase in May. The department says a 14.1 percent drop in soybean prices was the…
Agri View: Tension Affecting Farm Exports
Everett Griner talks about how the tension of the trade war, and the tariff issue, has affected our soybean exports in today’s Agri View. Tension Affecting Farm Exports Soybeans are…
China: U.S. Agriculture May Never Bounce Back
China threatens that U.S. agriculture won’t recover from the tit-for-tat trade war between the two countries. In the South China Morning Post, a government official warned that U.S. agriculture may…
Tractor, Combine Sales, Posting Strong Numbers
…show AEM members are voicing concerns about the second half of the year, as “Tariffs and trade continue to dominate the conversation.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Domestic Grapes Still in Demand
…not jelly. Wine. Last year wine shipments from just that one state was worth over $35 billion dollars. Wine was high on list of export items, until the trade issue…
Farming Groups Call for Swift Farm Bill Passage
…soil and water conservation, trade promotion and more depend on swift passage. “America’s farmers and ranchers persevere even in the toughest times, but the farm economy has gone from bad…
Farm Futures Survey: Farmer Support for Trump Slipping
…17 percent were unsure. 78 percent of those who voted for the president in 2016 said they would still vote for him today. Trade policy appears to be the biggest…