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Brazilian wheat TRQ set to open

11/11/19 5:59 PM By Spencer Chase

An agreement 24 years in the making is set to come to fruition as the Brazilian government prepares to implement a tariff rate quota to allow an increase in duty-free wheat imports.

US exporters struggle to replace China’s soybean market

10/09/19 6:46 AM By Bill Tomson

Farmers were hoping for a speedy resolution to the U.S.-China trade war, but the lack of such a resolution has sent them scrambling to come up with a new home for exports once gobbled up by China.

It's not just tariffs: Farmers facing long-term market challenges

10/02/19 6:45 AM By Philip Brasher

As much as growers long for an end to the trade war with China, there are long-term threats to demand for corn, soybeans and other crops that could depress commodity prices for years to come and lead to calls for higher government spending, economists say.

China’s trade olive branches: Goodwill gesture or self-serving failsafe?

09/18/19 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

China’s latest promise to reduce tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork is being lauded as an olive branch ahead of new trade talks early next month, but China also needs more of the commodities to feed its people, according to industry and government analysts.

Opinion: China's agroindustrial interests in Latin America

06/27/19 9:55 AM By Margaret Myers

Much attention has been focused of late on the implications for Latin America of the US-China trade war, including in the agricultural sector, where Brazil has seemingly benefitted from growing demand for its abundant soy. Recent tariffs have pushed China to intensify trading with Latin America, contributing to the expectation that Brazil will become the leading soybean exporter for 2019-20, a distinction previously held by the US.

Opinion: Foreign Subsidies Continue to Sour Global Sugar Market

05/14/19 9:43 AM By Darren Hudson

While the rest of the country has enjoyed an economic resurgence in recent years, the farm economy has slipped into a recession as global commodity prices precipitously fall.

Brazil to open quota for US wheat and accept US pork

03/20/19 6:41 AM By Bill Tomson

Brazil has agreed to lift its ban on U.S. pork and make good on a 24-year-old promise to set up an annual 750,000-metric-ton tariff rate quota to allow in U.S. wheat, according to the leaders of the two countries.

Cotton growers anxious as trade war lingers

02/13/19 5:40 AM By Philip Brasher

Cotton growers have been patient with President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, by far their most important customer. After all, they’ve had their own frustrations with China for years. But cotton growers say that patience is running short as planting season nears.

Ag Economist: Farm economy slump could last until 2027

12/05/18 6:36 AM By Steve Davies

The tough economic times agriculture currently faces could last for almost another decade, an ag economist told the American Seed Trade Association Tuesday in Chicago.

China's soybean crunch is approaching fast

10/31/18 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

The soybean market in the coming weeks will be focused on China and how it handles its massive demand for the oilseed while at the same time avoiding U.S. supplies facing a 25 percent tariff in the ongoing trade war with the Trump administration.

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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