Articles Tagged with ''exports''

China agrees to a deal after complaints of foreign material in US soy shipments

12/20/17 5:00 PM By Bill Tomson

Chinese officials have agreed to continue to accept U.S. soybean shipments even if they contain more than the 1 percent limit China sets on unwanted foreign material, according to U.S. government and industry officials.

LNG exports on the rise with new facilities in the works

12/13/17 5:45 AM By Sandra Cowherd

Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have nearly tripled since 2016 and are projected to increase tenfold by 2019 as more natural gas liquefaction facilities come online.

Opinion: Withdrawal from NAFTA will harm U.S. agriculture

12/01/17 4:23 PM By Dermot Hayes

The United States exported more than $12 billion of agricultural products to Mexico in 2016.

Rising US barley exports depend on NAFTA's survival

11/29/17 1:00 PM By Bill Tomson

Exports of malted barley – grown and processed in the U.S. – to Mexico are on the rise and the only thing that could halt that booming trend would be the collapse of the ongoing negotiations to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement.

US sorghum exports to China continue to decline, but remain strong

11/29/17 6:46 AM By Bill Tomson

There are early signs for the 2017-18 marketing year that there’s still strong demand in China for U.S. sorghum, but it’s unclear if U.S. exports of the grain can reverse the trend of declining sales over the past two years.

US ag says forget the contingency plan, we need NAFTA

11/15/17 6:45 AM By Bill Tomson

There’s still confusion surrounding whether or not the Department of Agriculture is working to put together a contingency plan to help out farmers if the U.S. pulls out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but experts say such a plan really wouldn’t help much in a worst-case scenario.

US ethanol exports lower in September

11/08/17 5:30 AM By Sandra Cowherd

U.S. ethanol exports totaled 86.4 million gallons (mg) in September, down 16 percent from August shipments, according to government data released by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA).

US rice broadens market share in tight South Korean market

11/01/17 6:25 AM By Bill Tomson

Washington, Nov. 1, 2017 – As improbable as it may sound, South Koreans are eating less rice these days. And even more unlikely sounding, the U.S. is exporting more than it ever has to the Asian nation that doesn’t allow private companies to import the grain directly.

Mexican grain buyers haven’t given up on the US … yet

10/25/17 6:51 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – For all the talk of Mexico ditching U.S. corn, soybeans and rice, there hasn’t yet been a major shift despite the faltering efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

USTR ag negotiator nominee anxious for new trade talks with India and Japan

10/05/17 6:00 PM By Bill Tomson

Washington, Oct. 5, 2017 – Renegotiating trade relationships with countries like Mexico, Canada and South Korea is the major focus of U.S. negotiators now, but the USTR and USDA should not wait to begin making inroads to foreign buyers that could be importing a lot more U.S. wheat, corn, beef, pork and dairy. That was one of the main messages to lawmakers today from Gregg Doud, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the chief agriculture negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 10, 2024: Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., on farm bill, rural broadband

South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson sits on the House Agriculture Committee, which will mark up a farm bill on May 23. He joins this week’s show to discuss the latest developments on the farm bill and what the next few weeks will look like. He also dives deeper into the rural broadband efforts.

Then, Joby Young with the American Farm Bureau Federation and Jonathan Coppess with the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois join this week’s show to discuss the political environment around a farm bill.

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