…for later this summer. The Ports Coalition, which represents importers and exporters, including agribusinesses, had urged the two sides to begin negotiations on their next contract early to avoid a…
Farmland Values Expected to Decline
…Company says that if the industry sees limited stress-sales of farmland and no other shocks to the markets, land values will move to stabilize over the next several years. From…
U.S., China Finalize Details to Send U.S. Beef to China
…with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the U.S. to begin the beef exports to China. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the posting of…
Dairy Groups Pledge to Work with Trump Administration on NAFTA Modernization
…exporter. Over the past five years, cumulative U.S. dairy exports are more than double the import total. “The relationship between the dairy sectors of the U.S., Mexico and Canada is…
Global Food Prices Rebound in May
…the average of five commodity group price indices, weighted with the average export shares of each of the groups for 2002 to 2004.The rebound in the value of the Index…
R-CALF Seeking U.S. Investigation into JBS Scandal
…owns the nation’s largest cattle feeding company, which the group contends was used by JBS, in conjunction with imported cattle and beef, to manipulate the cattle markets in 2015 and…
The Western View: Fruit Trail
…on family farms, some 15 strawberry stands, several farmer’s markets, vegetable stands, places with selections of all the nuts we grow here, some unique local wineries, several unique stores –…
Former Ag Secretary Working on Milk Export Program with China
…Dairy Export Council, has been working for months to change a registration process that keeps new U.S. processors from entering the Chinese market. Vilsack told Agri-Pulse the deal is a…
Pork Checkoff Builds Momentum for Secure Pork Supply Plan
…industries from an FMD outbreak would run $12.8 billion per year or $128 billion over a 10-year period. Related losses to corn and soybean markets over a decade would be…
Beef and Pork Exports Moderate in April, Remain Above Year-ago Levels
U.S. red meat exports last month slowed moderately from the pace established in March, but were still significantly higher year-over-year, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Beef exports reached…
U.S. Grains Council Statement On Announcement Of New Sugar Suspension Agreement
…a critical market for the U.S. grains industry – the top export destination for U.S. corn last year, the second largest buyer of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS)…
Dairy Exports Higher for 11 Straight Months
…percent over last April. The value of exports was 23 percent higher than last year, totaling $461 million in sales. The Export Council says the export levels of nonfat dry…
Legislation Would End Cuba Trade Embargo
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has come together to co-sponsor legislation that would end the Cuban trade embargo. The bill is called the “Freedom to Export to Cuba Act”…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to Travel to Canada
…markets for each other’s agricultural products. In 2016, the United States exported $20.2 billion of agricultural products to Canada, making it our second largest agricultural export market, while Canada exported…