…signed onto a letter with other commodity organizations and agri-business companies, urging prompt confirmation of these nominees. The letter noted that:1) U.S. food and agricultural exports have produced a trade…
Ag Groups Concerned About Trade Retaliation
…approach on trade, putting U.S. agricultural exports in the crosshairs,” Kuehl says. “We’ve already seen China discussing tariffs on sorghum, while the EU and China have both indicated they will…
USDA Projecting Strong Red Meat, Poultry Exports
…the largest beef importer over the second half of the upcoming decade. U.S. pork exports are projected to grow faster than beef exports and stay on par with poultry, although…
U.S. Ag Pays the Price for Trade Disputes
…also comes with harmful unintended consequences. “History shows these consequences are paid for by American farmers,” he says, “in the form of retaliatory tariffs on agriculture exports that farmers rely…
China Removes Duties On US Chicken
Market Remains Closed to US Poultry And Egg Exports China’s decision to drop anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties as of Tuesday on U.S. broilers was welcomed by the U.S. industry, but…
Trump Says Re-entering TPP is “possible”
…TPP would substantially improve the competitiveness of U.S. business, support millions of U.S. jobs, increase exports, increase wages, and benefit consumers.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
McKinney Leads Trade Mission to Central America
…March 2nd. McKinney will be accompanied by a delegation of agribusiness and state government leaders who are looking to increase agricultural exports to Central America’s Northern Triangle of Guatemala, Honduras,…
NAFTA Exit Would Trigger 15 cent Mexican Sugar Tariff
…under World Trade Organization rules, 15 cents per-pound, close to 100 percent of the sugar price, according to the Hagstrom Report. Analysts say that Mexico, which exports 1.2 million tons…
Study Of U.S. Grains Council ROI
…of those exports by an average of $1.71 billion per year from 2010 to 2014 and increased U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by an average of $5 billion per year,…
Former Ag Trade Negotiator Says Much Work Left on NAFTA
…Zealand, Argentina and Brazil, could take part of U.S. exports of corn to Mexico. Adding to the possible delays in getting the trade talks wrapped up on time, Vetter highlighted…
McKinney Updates U.S. Grains Council on Trade Negotiations
…negotiations, the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, potential bilateral trade deals, and ethanol exports. “USDA is in it for all of you,” he said to the members. “We have not missed…
South Korea Driving Recent Surge in U.S. Beef/Pork Exports
…from Australian to U.S. beef. U.S. beef exports to Korea pushed three percent higher year-over-year in volume to 184,152 metric tons last year. Those exports jumped 15 percent higher in…
Foreign Competitors Increasing Spending on Ag Exports
Foreign countries that compete with the U.S. for world market share are increasing their spending on promoting ag exports. Several countries, as well as the European Union, spent close to…
USDA February WASDE Report
The latest monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from the Department of Agriculture shows lower estimated soybean exports for the 2017-18 crop year. USDA lowered soybean exports…