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Potential 232 declarations spook ag interests

02/20/19 5:15 AM By Spencer Chase

The Trump administration is weighing placing Section 232 tariffs on imported cars, something the leader of the Senate Finance Committee opposes.

USDA increases net farm income projections for next decade

02/14/19 5:14 PM By Ben Nuelle

The Department of Agriculture drastically increases net farm income projections after releasing the complete list of tables for their upcoming Agricultural Projections Report, expected to be released mid-March.

Sugar tensions heat up ahead of farm bill

02/21/18 6:50 AM By Bill Tomson

U.S. sugar farmers want to keep restricting the inflow of foreign supplies just as much as sweetener users – think candy and food companies – want to increase imports and push down prices. As a result, friction between the two sides is heating up as Congress prepares to write the next five-year farm bill.

NBB leads charge for ending biodiesel market distortions

11/08/17 6:06 AM By Sara Wyant

Following negotiations with Argentine leaders last week, the U.S. Commerce Department could issue a final determination– perhaps as early as today – regarding countervailing duties on biodiesel imports from Argentina and Indonesia.

September petroleum demand highest in a decade

10/25/17 5:40 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - Total petroleum deliveries increased 2.4 percent in September from a year earlier and were the highest for the month in a decade, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API).

US, Brazil inch toward free trade agreement

10/11/17 6:37 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 – The U.S. and Brazil have clashed often in recent years over trade in everything from cotton to beef to ethanol, but the two ag producing powerhouses continue to dance around the prospects of a binding free trade agreement while quietly laying the building blocks for such a pact.

US and Brazil make progress toward lifting beef ban

10/04/17 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - There’s still no end in sight for the U.S. ban on fresh Brazilian beef, but the two countries are making progress to reopening trade, U.S. government and industry officials tell Agri-Pulse.

Mexican growers convince court to ban U.S. potatoes

08/09/17 6:18 AM By Ali Luety

MEXICO, August 9, 2017 -A Mexican district court judge in Los Mochis ruled last week that the systems approach for U.S. fresh potato imports “lacks scientific basis” and, citing phytosanitary concerns, ordered a continued ban on U.S. potatoes in most of Mexico.

Food industry worried there isn’t enough sugar

07/05/17 6:30 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - The companies that make America’s cookies, cakes, doughnuts, bread and candy are running out of sugar for their products.

Syngenta’s Viptera trial: Don’t expect resolution any time soon

06/28/17 6:35 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 - It was Thursday, June 22, in the Syngenta Viptera trial. The lawyers for the Kansas growers and Syngenta had finished delivering closing arguments and the jury had received instructions from the judge for how it should arrive at a verdict. But the jury needed one more thing. In a note to the judge, they asked, “Can we have a calculator”?

Opinion: Three voices. One message. Ratify USMCA now.

Joanna Lidback, USA dairy farmer; Cherilyn Nagel, Canadian grain farmer; and Gina Gutierrez, Mexican dairy farmer come together to share their thoughts on a full ratification of USMCA.

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