Articles by Bill Tomson

President Donald Trump and the White House have been making some big promises about China coming back into the market to purchase U.S. farm commodities, but the details over which products, how much, and when this will happen remain murky beyond descriptive terms like “massive amounts” and “immediately.”

President Donald Trump, while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One this weekend, dropped a trade bomb few were expecting: He said he planned to officially notify Mexico and Canada that he will pull the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, giving Congress six months to ratify his new trade pact or suffer the consequences.

U.S. officials have a list of gains they'd like to make in upcoming talks with China.

By just about any measure, more food is wasted in developed countries than developing countries, but when it comes to measuring impact, lost food can be absolutely tragic in countries like Nigeria where a lack of infrastructure and energy sources commonly wipes out crops, bankrupts farmers and steals food from the hungry.

U.S. negotiators are getting frustrated with South Korea's continued refusal to allow in more products from American farmers, including rice and apples.