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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
This is the last of a three-part series on the impact of agricultural exports on the U.S. economy and the risks and promise for ag trade going forward. American commodity and ag trade groups are casting their net far and wide overseas to develop relationships and encourage trade with the United States.
This is the first of a three-part series on the impact of U.S. agricultural exports on the U.S. exports and the risks and promise for ag trade going forward. U.S. ag trade sustains jobs up and down the supply chain. USDA estimates that every $1 billion in exports supports more than 6,300 jobs throughout the economy.
Revoking China’s favorable trade status would backfire on the U.S. economy, with sectors such as agriculture especially hard hit, according to a report by the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The new chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee remains focused on expanding agricultural trade and finding new opportunities for farmers, ranchers, small-businesses and working-class citizens.
Japanese consumers are seeking high-quality agricultural products, and more than 40 U.S. agricultural businesses and 11 state departments of agriculture had the opportunity to build key relationships during a USDA agricultural trade mission this week.
In a period when inflation has raised the cost of everything from fertilizers to shipping, groups representing agricultural producers and processors are calling for increased funding for two proven and longstanding export programs.
In this opinion piece, Jeff Lyon of FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative discusses how the Biden Administration should be doing more when it comes to increasing opportunities for agricultural exports.
A bill aimed at relieving port bottlenecks and reining in shipping rates advanced through committee Tuesday, but the legislation still faces significant legislative hurdles.
The Department of Agriculture expects U.S. farm exports to hit a record $157 billion for fiscal 2021, an increase of $21 billion over the year before, as the global economy recovers and China increases its already strong demand for U.S. corn, soybeans and meat.
The corn market has been slow to react to China’s increase in purchases from the U.S. and to the destructive derecho that swept across Iowa, a new report from RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness says.
