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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: A Border Adjustment Tax would hurt American agriculture

05/30/17 9:22 AM By Mary Kate Hopkins and Alan Nguyen

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field,” President Dwight Eisenhower said in 1956.

First US beef shipment arrives in Brazil after 13-year ban

05/04/17 5:45 PM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017 - It took a little more than 13 years, but the U.S. is again exporting beef to Brazil after a prolonged ban that started when bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was first discovered in the U.S. in 2003.

US rice farmers wary about Vietnam’s incursion into Mexican market

04/26/17 10:34 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017 - One of the biggest threats on the horizon for U.S. long grain rice farmers is competition with Vietnam.

USDA giving Brazilian beef extra scrutiny amid food safety probe

03/22/17 5:00 PM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2017 – The USDA announced today it is adding stricter controls on imports of Brazilian beef in the wake of a food safety scandal in the South American country, but the department did not ban any products.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Adam Bergman, EchoTech Capital

This week’s Open Mic guest is Adam Bergman, Managing Director at EchoTech Capital. While opinions still widely vary regarding what sustainability really means, Bergman stands in the gap between would be investors and those willing to adopt certain sustainable practices. In agriculture the topics include regenerative farming, a vast array of climate smart practices and even indoor farming. Washington has proven that financial support for renewable fuels as well as electricity from solar and wind sources can influence growth. Moving forward, the question remains which energy sources will see favor from Capitol Hill and what agricultural practices investors will support toward a greener environment and stronger food security.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 4, 2025: Sen. Hoeven on tariffs, budget reconciliation

President Trump unveiled a massive tariff plan this week adding a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, plus a higher reciprocal tariff on many U.S. trading partners. We asked Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., how the tariffs will affect producers and how farm bill elements may be incorporated into budget reconciliation.

Then, the American Soybean Association's Virginia Houston and Joe Glauber from the International Food Policy Research Institute discuss which producers could be hurt the most by the tariffs and how farmers' cost of production will increase.

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