…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…
Producers Welcome Help But Want End To Trade Disputes
…the 50 percent additional tariff that country imposed in response to U.S. duties on Chinese steel and aluminum imports and on other goods over China’s theft of intellectual property and…
China Grain Imports Plunge Amidst Tariffs
…of corn, down 63 percent from last year, and wheat imports declined 43 percent from a year earlier. Customs data from China shows that the nation imports one-third of its…
China, U.S. Trade War Deepens with More Tariffs
…additional 25 percent in duties on Chinese imports ranging from motorcycles to steam turbines and railway cars, and the Chinese retaliation will see a similarly sized tax on items including…
China Hopeful for FTA with Canada
…for imports outside the United States. The trade war includes tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, presenting potential harm to U.S. farmers. Free trade talks have also slowed between China and…
Trump: “Farmers Are Doing Well”
…are soon going to be pretty good levels.” Benchmark soybean futures are down 14 percent since China first proposed putting tariffs on American imports back in April. China followed through…
Farm Export Prices Post Large Declines in July
…has also targeted 90 percent of U.S. agricultural goods with tariffs. All exports, including non-agricultural items, however, remained unchanged in July, along with no change in prices of U.S. imports….