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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Exports/Imports”
Trade is an important issue to all of agriculture, including the American Sheep Industry (ASI). And ASI President Benny Cox discusses the ongoing trade disruption with China and how it is affecting sheep producers. Cox looks at what ASI is doing to ensure sheep and wool producers can weather the challenge of retaliatory tariffs.
Last week, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) held its Spring Conference and Board of Directors Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. During the event, a panel discussion on the global trade impact of African swine fever (ASF) took place. Joe Schuele has more details.
The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) entered into force on May 15, 2012, laying the foundation for a surge in U.S. agricultural exports. Since 2012, U.S. agricultural exports to Colombia nearly tripled from $1.1 billion to $2.9 billion in 2018. Despite its geographic proximity to major U.S. competitors Brazil and Argentina, Colombia, the third-largest economy in South America, purchases …
It was recently noted that next month President Trump is scheduled to meet with the Chinese President, as many in agriculture are concerned with the trade war between the two countries. Last week, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) held their Spring Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. During the event, USMEF President and CEO, Dan Halstrom, talked about how the U.S. red meat industry …
Today (May 26, 2019) marked the fourth day of Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried’s first trade mission to Israel. Fried has spent several days meeting with government officials, agricultural research groups, and agriculture-related businesses before joining other Florida Cabinet members next week for a Cabinet meeting and business development meetings. Among other events, Commissioner Fried met today with Agriculture Minister Uri …
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall. “The Trump Administration’s agricultural assistance package is welcome relief to an economic sector that has been battered by foreign competitors and retaliatory tariffs. We thank the President for living up to his commitment to stand by our farmers and ranchers. While farmers and ranchers would rather earn their income from the marketplace, they …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a relief strategy to support American agricultural producers while the administration continues to work on free, fair and reciprocal trade deals …
Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to stop Chinese tariffs on Florida timber crops and end his growing trade war with China. The letter, also sent to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, cited the need to not worsen difficulties faced by Florida timber farmers. Florida …
United States Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), Dr. Jack Shere working in collaboration with the Canada’s CVO, Dr. Jaspinder Komal, issued the following statement: We are pleased to announce that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have agreed to allow safe trade to continue in the event African swine fever (ASF) is reported …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is saying a trade mitigation package is coming “shortly”. But according to a story from Gary Crawford, farmers are being urged not to make planting decisions based on speculation about what the package will contain.
