…demand likely down eight percent from last year. Part of the reason may be slower than expected exports during the marketing year. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Legislators Call for NAFTA Negotiation Slowdown
…the best opportunity to come to a fair agreement on dairy exports. Representatives from Wisconsin, Washington, and New York all represent states that need open-market access to Canada in order…
Farm Bureau says U.S.-Japan Trade Statement Bodes Well for Future
…United States is the world leader in agricultural exports and this is a key development for U.S. farm exports at a time when we desperately need this kind of good…
Kansas Representative Exploring Ways to Trade with Cuba
…between the U.S. and Cuba, and cosponsored the Cuba Trade Act, Americans Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act, and the Cuba Agricultural Exports Act. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
NPPC: Auto Import Tariffs Will Prompt More Retaliation Against American Agriculture
…Canada, Japan, Mexico or South Korea – or all of them – U.S. pork and other U.S. farm exports would be dealt a devastating blow.” Source: National Pork Producers Council…
Updated KORUS Protects Current Market Share
…terms are maintained in the new agreement, as a USDA official noted “nothing has changed” for agriculture. U.S. red meat exports to Korea set a record last year of $1.7…
NCBA: KORUS “Tore Down” Trade Barriers, Helped Increase Beef Exports
…of how U.S. producers benefit from trade agreements that reduce tariffs and implement science-based standards. Less than a decade ago, U.S. beef exports to South Korea were severely limited by…
American Farm Bureau Encouraged by Korea Trade Agreement
…and wheat, or poultry, eggs and meat products, our agricultural exports to South Korea are growing thanks to the U.S. – Korea FTA. “Renewal of our trade deal with South…
Lower Pork Prices Helping Demand
…ago. Pork exports were stronger despite lower shipments to Mexico and China, both of which have imposed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. pork products. July exports were supported by strong shipments…
Trade Mitigation Package Now Covers Almonds, Cherries
…program. Payments are limited to a total of $125,000 per person or legal entity. California exports 67% of the almonds that are produced, which totaled close to $4.5 billion in…
Rabobank: Global Poultry Prices Under Pressure
A Rabobank report says a historic drop in poultry exports from Brazil is shaking up trade in the commodity around the world. The latest quarterly outlook on the industry says…
China Sets More Tariffs on U.S. Food and Ag Imports
…with the new U.S. duties. A total of $113 billion in U.S. exports are now subject to tariffs while duties will be in place on $253 billion in Chinese products….
Trump China Trade War Troubling Talks with Japan
…to meet during a U.N. General Assembly debate next week. Japan is trying to avoid steep tariffs on its car exports and stay away from bilateral free trade agreements, a…
Tariffs Cause Decline in August Almond Exports
The Almond Board of California recently released the August position report that showed a sizeable decrease in almond exports from a year ago. In 2017, there were 168,566,752 pounds of…