pork exports

USMEF Highlights Near Record Pok Exports in 2025 While Beef Exports Impacted By Lack of Access To China

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Pork, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is highlighting the gains of meat exports in the USDA’s 2025 year-end data. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom provided an overview of the near record pork exports last year. “A very good month at 258,000 metric tons for the month of December. That gives us an annual total that comes in with the number …

trade deficit

USDA Points to Factors Impacting Reducing Agricultural Trade Deficit

Dan Agri-Business, Biofuels/Energy, Corn, Dairy, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade, USDA

With the reduction in the estimated Agricultural trade deficit that was recently announced, we sat down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to learn what factors were impacting this reduction. Under Secretary Lindberg said, “You know, we’ve had really some significant progress across not only a number of different markets around the world, where we’ve had …

pork exports

Pork Exports Remain Strong

Dan Export/Import, Exports/Imports, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Pork

The National Pork Producers Pork Forum opens today in Kansas City, with the pork trade remaining strong. Pork export sales remain strong, in fact last week’s total the highest so far this year, Mexico, remaining our number one customer. CME Lean Hog Index, the highest since mid-November. April Lean Hog Futures reached a high on February the 6th, up at 99.80. Futures fell back from …

agricultural trade deficit

USDA Points to Factors Impacting Reducing Agricultural Trade Deficit

Dan Agri-Business, Dairy, Economy, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade

With the reduction in the estimated agricultural trade deficit that was recently announced, we sat down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to learn what factors were impacting this reduction. Under Secretary Lindberg said, “You know, we’ve had really some significant progress across not only a number of different markets around the world, where we’ve had …

USMEF

USMEF Highlights Near Record Pok Exports in 2025 While Beef Exports Impacted By Lack of Access To China

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Marketing, Pork, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The US Meat Export Federation is highlighting the gains of meat exports in the USDA’s 2025 year-end data. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom provided an overview of the near record pork exports last year. “A very good month at 258,000 metric tons for the month of December. That gives us an annual total that comes in with the number three …

pork exports

Pork Exports Remain Strong

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Events, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Markets, Pork

The National Pork Producers Pork Forum opens today in Kansas City, with the pork trade remaining strong. Pork export sales remain strong, in fact last week’s total the highest so far this year, Mexico, remaining our number one customer. CME Lean Hog Index, the highest since mid-November. April Lean Hog Futures reached a high on February the 6th, up at 99.80. Futures fell back from …

agricultural trade

USDA Announces Progress Toward Correcting Trade Deficit

Dan Agri-Business, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced progress toward correcting the trade deficit to a trade surplus for agriculture and we had the opportunity to sit down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to get more details.  Under Secretary Lindberg said, “We are excited to be announcing progress, right? So our goal is to get back …

peanut stocks

USDA Peanut Stocks Report Details

Dan Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Peanuts, USDA

USDA has issued new numbers on peanut stocks. They say the stocks of peanuts because of the big crop last year are higher, but lower usage is being reported. They said the U.S. peanut export forecast has been reduced to a billion pounds. Now all the way down to 1.3 billion pounds total, the U.S. has exported fewer peanuts, down 17%, for …

Farmer Bridge Assistance

Rollins Announces Farm Bridge Assistance Program Opening

Dan Agri-Business, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Field Crops, Funding, Trade, USDA, USDA-FSA

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA is opening the enrollment period for the new Farmer Bridge Assistance Program. It’ll provide $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to row crop production in response to temporary trade markets and temporary disruptions in trading and increased production costs. The enrollment period opens up February the 23rd and closes on April the 17th. These …

exports

USDA Focusing on Two-Pronged Approach to Boost Agricultural Economy and Exports

Dan Agri-Business, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Trade, USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is focusing on a two-pronged approach to boost U.S. agricultural exports and the agricultural economy for producers. The first strategy includes focusing on reciprocal trade agreements. U.S. Trade Representative’s Office Chief Agricultural Negotiator Julie Callahan provides details on their efforts. “Removing non-tariff barriers and also providing preferential tariff concessions for U.S. agriculture,” said Callahan. In …