Articles Tagged with ''China''

The House is now out of session until September. But Ag Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson says committee staff will be working through August on the next iteration of the farm bill. He says the legislation will be a “high priority” for the panel.

The new USDA farm security plan is a step in the right direction to track foreign influence over U.S. agriculture but could be hampered by a lack of personnel.

President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Thursday that the U.S. has signed an agreement with China to finalize the implementation of a tariff understanding secured earlier this month in London. Both also suggested that the U.S. could be closing in on an arrangement with India.

U.S. exports are set to face new competition from Brazilian sorghum in the Chinese market, with some analysts estimating shipments from Brazil could begin picking up as soon as September. 

Renewed conflict in the Middle East has stalled urea production in Iran, sending ripples through global fertilizer markets and adding to existing uncertainty around Russian and Chinese supplies, analysts tell Agri-Pulse.

Tariff hikes and U.S.-China trade tensions since January have triggered net export losses of around $2 billion for U.S. farmers, a new study finds, with lost Chinese sales dwarfing modest gains elsewhere.

U.S. exports of beef and pork were down in April from a year earlier as shipments to China slowed due in part to China’s retaliatory tariffs,  the U.S. Meat Export Federation said. The expiration of Chinese registrations of U.S. processing plants and cold storage facilities also contributed to the decline.

After weeks of discussion, the House Agriculture Committee is finally ready today to take up its piece of the GOP’s “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill.

U.S. and Chinese officials have agreed to reduce sweeping tariffs applied to each other’s products for 90 days to let additional discussions play out, the White House said on Monday.

Skyhigh U.S. tariffs are prompting importers to rethink orders. But fewer ships coming in means fewer ships going out, and the ag industry worries its exports are going to be squeezed in the oncoming global trade reshuffle.