President Donald Trump says he’ll likely push forward with plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, reports Jim Wiesemeyer of ProFarmer. In addition, President Trump indicated he would also slap duties on all remaining imports from the…
While 2018 corn and soybean crops are being harvested at record high yields, prices are still stuck in the basement. That fact is weighing on farmers and reflected in the latest Farm Journal Pulse Survey, conducted earlier this week. In…
China's foreign ministry is blaming the U.S. for ruining the "harmonious atmosphere" at a meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea. For the first time in its 29 years of summits, leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting failed…
Cuban and U.S. trade representatives held a conference to explore expanding American agricultural exports to the island nation. Top officials from Cuba's Agricultural Ministry met with a combined U.S. delegation of businessmen and members of Congress to discuss ways to…
Animal health officials in southwest Asia are increasing measures to prevent African swine fever from entering their countries, after China reported confirmation of ASF contaminating feed supplies earlier this week. While ASF is not a danger to human health, the…
An important meeting for Chinese and U.S. officials ahead of the G20 summit in Argentina later this month. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, met with two-high ranking Chinese policymakers in Washington last Friday. It…
Brazilian meat packer JBS SA has signed a trade pact with Alibaba's Win-Chain that will send approximately $1.5 billion in beef, pork and poultry to China over the next three years. Alibaba, often described as the Amazon of China, is…
This year farmers dedicated over 90% of soybean, corn and cotton acres to bioengineered seeds. Most were herbicide tolerant (HT), insect resistant (Bt) or a stack of both, according to USDA. “Demand for GE (genetically engineered) seeds is affected by…
Two key losses by members of the Senate Agriculture Committee opened the door for Republicans to hold control of the upper chamber in Tuesday’s midterm election. Democrats Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donelly of Indiana lost their contentious…
Pork exports continued to be impacted by retaliatory duties in China and Mexico, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef exports cooled from the record results posted in August, but were…