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USDA: Mixed 2020 farm outlook on small export increase, record production

02/20/20 9:46 AM By Philip Brasher

Farmers are expected to produce record amounts of meat, milk and major crops this year as the agriculture economy rebounds from 2019’s trade and weather disruptions, but exports are forecast to rise relatively modestly in coming months despite the new trade deal with China, USDA says.

US-Kenya FTA seen as model for future African trade

02/12/20 6:45 AM By Bill Tomson

A proposed U.S.-Kenya pact is expected to create new markets for U.S. farm commodities and equipment and promises to pave the way for new trade standards across sub-Saharan Africa.

Doud: Chinese tariffs won’t stop sales of US grain

01/17/20 2:15 PM By Bill Tomson

China should be buying wheat, corn and rice from the U.S. as a result of the "phase one" trade deal and tariffs will not hamper those sales, Gregg Doud, chief agricultural negotiator with the office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Friday.

White House photo of phase one deal signing

China commits to cut trade barriers, increase ag purchases

01/15/20 4:15 PM By Bill Tomson

China has committed to buy at least $80 billion in U.S. farm products over the next two years and the country also agreed to sweeping structural changes that promise to improve trade on a more permanent basis for U.S. beef, pork, rice, corn, wheat, soybeans and other commodities.

China’s agreement on trade, ag policy changes seen as big win for US farmers

12/19/19 4:59 PM By Bill Tomson

China has agreed to make significant policy changes to tear down non-tariff barriers to U.S. farm commodities under the trade deal expected to be signed early next year, according to industry sources who were briefed on the pact and government officials with knowledge of the briefing.

South Korea agrees to quota for US rice

11/20/19 6:15 AM By Bill Tomson

After years of negotiation, South Korea has agreed to U.S. demands to set up a quota to ensure imports of U.S. rice, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.

Japan trade deal still taking shape

09/04/19 6:20 AM By Bill Tomson

White House officials are telling the U.S. ag sector that they are going to win big in the miniature trade pact announced on Aug. 25 after Presidents Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the annual G7 summit, but details are either not being divulged or haven’t yet been nailed down, government and industry sources tell Agri-Pulse.

China’s grain quotas may not be a US victory after all

07/24/19 6:35 AM By Bill Tomson

By the end of the year, China is finally expected to implement the quotas for corn, wheat and rice as it agreed to do about 20 years ago, but it may not be a cause for celebration for American farmers.

US makes first rice sale to Chinese buyers

07/03/19 3:06 PM By Bill Tomson

A California producer has struck a deal to make the first-ever sale of U.S. rice to buyers in China, according to industry officials.

USDA June Acreage report pushes corn futures sharply lower

06/28/19 2:15 PM By Ben Nuelle

Grain traders are still unsure of actual planted cropland after USDA dropped planted corn acres estimates by just over 1 million in its June Acreage report Friday. Many traders find that difficult to believe after farmers in the eastern Corn Belt struggled to plant a crop this spring.

Meet the Farm Hand: Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, USTR

In this interview, we sit down with Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, assistant U.S. Trade Representative for agricultural affairs and commodity policy at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. We discuss past trade deals, her favorite negotiations to work on, how one balances a personal life with working on U.S. trade deals, and her plans after retirement.

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