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Biden’s USTR ramps up outreach to US farmers, ranchers

05/07/21 5:16 PM By Bill Tomson

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is taking time from meeting top trade officials from around the globe to get to better know the U.S. ag sector and its priorities.

China makes 1.36M ton purchase of US corn for 2021-22

05/07/21 11:46 AM By Bill Tomson

The USDA announced Friday export sales of a whopping 1.36 million metric tons of U.S. new crop corn to China for delivery in the 2021-22 marketing year. The purchase comes amid growing concerns that dryness could stunt Brazil’s second harvest.

US beef and pork exports set new records in March

05/05/21 5:18 PM By Bill Tomson

U.S. beef and pork exports hit the highest monthly values ever recorded in March, giving renewed hope to the red meat industry that the pandemic slowdown is mostly behind it, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

USTR vows to resolve EU trade spats, but largely mum on China

04/28/21 3:24 PM By Bill Tomson

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai promised lawmakers Wednesday that work has begun to work out trade disputes with the European Union and the UK to create what President Joe Biden calls “a united front of U.S. allies,” but she largely left questions about China unanswered as the U.S. continues to study the situation.

US lawmakers look to trade to counter China’s strength

04/28/21 6:43 AM By Bill Tomson

Lawmakers, lobbyists and farm groups are anxious for the Biden administration to take its first concrete steps to begin negotiating international trade agreements and reform at the World Trade Organization to improve international access for U.S. goods as well as rein in China’s expanding global influence.

China’s corn imports seen hitting new record high

04/21/21 3:24 PM By Bill Tomson

China's corn imports will likely hit a record-breaking 28 million metric tons for the 2020-2021 marketing year as the country restocks its domestic reserves and deals with rising demand for livestock feed, according to the Beijing office of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.

The big export backlog: US ag products stack up at Western ports

04/14/21 6:33 AM By Bill Tomson and Amy Mayer

Some ag exporters have complained that they can’t get their products into containers or that the filled containers are sitting at port, incurring fees and risking spoilage, because shippers are sending empty containers back to Asia so they can be filled with imports and sent back to the U.S. as fast as possible.

Daybreak March 31: Scott: Debt relief unrelated to reparations

03/31/21 11:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Ben Nuelle, and Steve Davies

Some advocates of the newly-enacted debt relief provisions for minority farmers have called it a form of reparations. But House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, who is African American, strenuously objects to that characterization. He says the $4 billion just makes up for the fact that white farmers primarily benefitted from the billions of dollars in recent farm payments.

No end in sight for status quo in US-China ag trade

03/31/21 6:38 AM By Bill Tomson

The U.S. ag sector really wants to know what’s coming next for the tenuous trade situation with China, but farmers and ranchers may have to settle for the status quo in the near future as the Biden administration takes its first steps toward dealing with the communist country.

Daybreak March 25: Growing GOP support for climate bill

03/25/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

USDA is re-starting the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and providing $6 billion in new forms of pandemic aid, tapping additional authority provided by Congress in December.

Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate

In this opinion piece, Daren Bakst and Gabriella Beaumont-Smith with The Heritage Foundation discuss the potential fallout from Mexico’s bans and what the administration can do.

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Washington Week in Review: May 6, 2021: Rep. Dusty Johnson on 30x30, infrastructure, beef bills

The Biden administration rolled out a plan to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030 this week, and House Ag Committee Republican Dusty Johnson is among many looking for specifics on what this means for American agriculture. In this interview, the South Dakota Republican offers his thoughts on that as well as where he sees infrastructure and beef cattle market reforms going in 2021.

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