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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
China imported 11.16 million tons of soybeans in June, according to Chinese customs data, likely to feed the nation’s hog herd after recovering from the effects of African Swine Fever.
Senate Republicans look to finally move into talks with Democrats on a new coronavirus relief package this week, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggests it could take a few weeks to reach a deal.
The Democratic Party’s draft 2020 platform calls for directing more farm subsidies to small and medium-size farms while making the agriculture sector the first in the first world to eliminate net carbon emissions.
The USDA announced on Wednesday sales of 715,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans to China, 649,000 tons of which are scheduled for delivery in the 2020-21 marketing year, which begins Sept. 1.
The U.S. and China are set to go head to head at the World Trade Organization in Geneva next week in a brewing battle over Chinese wheat and rice subsidies, and neither side is showing any sign of backing down.
Just eight months ago, U.S. chicken farmers were celebrating the reopening of the Chinese market. Now they’re cheering the dizzying pace of sales that have pushed China to the number-one position in April and May in foreign markets, and the trade shows no sign of slowing down.
The Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, the American Peanut Shellers Association and the National Peanut Buying Points Association have joined together to create the United States Peanut Federation, which announced its formation in a press release last Thursday.
China’s sorghum imports are steadily rising and producers are counting on the country’s importers to continue purchases into the new crop year, according to the U.S. Grains Council.
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