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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
A group of House Republicans is urging the president to keep U.S. ag producers front of mind as he pursues more reciprocity in U.S. trade relationships and ensure tariffs are paired with negotiations to open new markets.
The Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff plan departs from established trade norms and could open new markets for U.S. agriculture, analysts say, but much depends on their implementation.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that will pave the way for “reciprocal” tariffs on U.S. trading partners that subject U.S. exports to higher duty rates than their exporters face when selling into the U.S. market.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is eying more U.S. ethanol purchases as a way to erode the U.S. trade deficit, appease President Donald Trump, and meet the country's climate goals as U.S. growers watch with interest.
State agricultural leaders plan to continue focusing on economic uncertainty in farm country, food safety issues, and outreach to trade partners in 2025, leaders of state ag departments said at a meeting in Indianapolis this week.
The Colombian government has angered dairy groups by placing a 4.86% tariff on imports of U.S. milk powder for the next four months while it finishes investigating claims of domestic harm.
U.S. pork industry players are voicing their frustrations with accessing the South African market as lawmakers works to renew a bill providing countries in sub-Saharan African with duty-free access to U.S. markets.
The renewable diesel boom driven by a slate of federal and state policies has brought with it a surge in demand for imports of animal fats and vegetable oils to be used as feedstocks that could continue growing in 2025 as tax credits shift to incentivize in-country production of the fuel.
