…reached a deal in late August. The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will allow better access to Canada for American dairy products and also provides for more imports of Canadian…
Kansas Representative Exploring Ways to Trade with Cuba
…number one supplier of commodities like sorghum, soy, wheat, and corn.” Currently, Cuba imports roughly 80 percent of its food from Europe, Latin America and Asia. Marshall says Cuba represent…
NPPC: Auto Import Tariffs Will Prompt More Retaliation Against American Agriculture
U.S. tariffs on auto imports likely would prompt retaliation from some of American agriculture’s biggest trading partners, leading to catastrophic financial harm to farmers, warned the National Pork Producers Council…
China Sets More Tariffs on U.S. Food and Ag Imports
…Trump is prepared to go even higher, saying Tuesday that he’s ready to impose duties on another $267 billion in Chinese imports. The new tariff list includes meat products, including…
U.S. Ag Coalition Sponsors U.S.-Cuba Business Meetings
…expand into new markets. Cuba continues to depend on imports for 80 percent of its food supply, and the coalition says Congress is poised in the Farm Bill to allow…
There were at least 35,000 acres of asparagus...Now you're looking at about 2,000 acres.
Jeff Klein, California Asparagus Commissioner
Indonesia and Australia Commit to Trade Agreement
…Iowa State University says U.S. pork exports would increase significantly if Australia eliminated its “unjustified restrictions.” Australia is not a large market, but was ranked as 10th in pork imports…
U.S. Wheat Restructuring Efforts Close Moscow Office
…Director and Marketing Specialist. U.S. Wheat President Vince Peterson says the move reflects a change in Russia’s agriculture. The office opened in 1992, and Russian imports of U.S. wheat averaged…
Trump Threatens to Add $200 Billion in More Tariffs
Bloomberg says President Trump wants to proceed with another $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as the public comment period wraps up next week. Six people familiar…
Agriculture Trade Surplus to Shrink
…2017. USDA forecasts $144.5 billion in exports and projects $126.5 billion in imports. China was the largest buyer of U.S. farm products last year. They’ll fall to third this year,…
Agri View: Agriculture Feeling the Pain
…situation keeps heating up. It isn’t just China. Mexico and Canada are becoming involved. It’s not just agriculture. So far, agriculture seems to be in the most danger. Mexico imports…
USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility Program
…closely monitor domestic sugar stocks, consumption, imports and other sugar market variables on an ongoing basis and will continue to administer the sugar program as transparently as possible using the…
Canada Ready to Make Concession on Dairy Trade
…foreign competition by charging tariffs up to 275 percent on imports. Trudeau said this week Canada will “defend supply management.” However, sources close the negotiation say Canada’s plan is not…
R-CALF Looking for COOL in NAFTA
…of USA,” multinational beef packers “wallow in higher profits” because they can import lower-cost cattle into the U.S. market. The organization claims that Since NAFTA, the U.S. imports on average…