…News website says a trade dispute led to the collapse of New Zealand beef exports to that country. Back in 2013, both the U.S. and New Zealand took 18 trade…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…after the November election, our dairy exports are worth more than $5 billion annually, generating 120,000 jobs in dairy farming, manufacturing and related sectors. Any disruption in exports of dairy…
Food Producers Accelerating Exports to Mexico, Searching for New Markets
…and 2010, Mexico put tariffs on 99 American exports in retaliation to the U.S. blocking Mexican trucks from using U.S. highways. The dispute cost U.S. businesses more than $2 billion….
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…$3.40 billion Lettuce — $2.26 billion Strawberries — $1.86 billion Tomatoes — $1.71 billion Flowers and Foliage — $1.08 billion Walnuts — $977 million Hay — $945 million Agricultural Exports…
U.S. Dairy Companies Push Back Against Canada’s Protectionist Policies
…governors. “[An existing provincial] program has already cost U.S. companies tens of millions of dollars in exports, thereby harming the dairy farmers, dairy plant employees and rural communities that depend…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…grain farmers’ market access globally and open up existing export markets to new levels of competition. Over the past two decades, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico tripled and…
U.S. Ag Group Signs $300 Million Algeria Deal
…economy, oil and gas profits still account for 60 percent of the state budget and 95 percent of the country’s exports. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Ag Groups Want NAFTA Gains Preserved
…letter notes that U.S. food and agricultural exports have produced a trade surplus for nearly 50 years. The letter says, “Consistent growth over that period of time has resulted in…
Maintaining Pork Exports to Canada, Mexico Critical
…Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. In fact, U.S. manufacturing exports to Canada and Mexico have increased nearly 260 percent over the past 23 years, and U.S. farm exports to…
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
…clear and obvious benefit to the California citrus industry and broader U.S. agricultural sector.” The TPP included an immediate elimination of tariffs on citrus exports to Vietnam and a gradual…
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
…urge the Trump Administration to look for future opportunities to increase our dairy exports in Asia and around the world. Our competitors have been successfully negotiating trade agreements over the…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Re: Importance of Trade to U.S. Agriculture
…to protect and advance U.S. agricultural interests in the critical Asia-Pacific region. “American agriculture is virtually always a winner when trade agreements remove barriers to U.S. crop and livestock exports…
Cattlemen Express Concerns With Trump Administration’s Trade Action
…day because we don’t have TPP, and since NAFTA was implemented, exports of American-produced beef to Mexico have grown by more than 750 percent. We’re especially concerned that the Administration…
Canada Exporters Fretting Over Import Tax Proposal
…exports to the U.S. to drop by about nine percent, with non-petroleum goods sinking almost 11 percent. Exports are expected to drive about a third of Canada’s economic growth in…