May Pork Exports Highest in Two Years; Beef Exports Below Year-Ago Totals

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

Led by another outstanding month in Mexico, exports of U.S. pork continued to gain momentum in May, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). As for beef exports for that same month, while well below the record-large volume and value posted in May 2022, they improved from April …

U.S. Pork Making Gains in Chile

Dan Exports/Imports, Pork, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

U.S. pork exports have seen quite a rebound in the country of Chile. U.S. Meat Export Federation’s John Herath reports shipments have increased 30% from a year ago. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Watching the Weather in the Grain Trade

Dan Commodities, Corn, Economy, Exports/Imports, Field Crops, Soybeans, Trade, Weather, Wheat

We’ve talked before how the weekly crop reports are something grain traders look at closely. And as Mark Oppold reports, this is especially true right now as all eyes are on weather conditions. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

USDA Efforts Lift Ban on U.S. Poultry Exports to Colombia

Dan Agri-Business, Exports/Imports, Poultry, USDA-APHIS, USDA-FAS, USDA-USTR

Quick action by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has resolved an issue that temporarily stopped U.S. poultry product exports to Colombia. Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture instructed all of their ports to deny import permits to any poultry products beginning June 1 on concerns of …

India Trade Agreement Good for Producers Around U.S.

Dan Agri-Business, Exports/Imports, Trade

by Sabrina Halvorson The U.S. and India have agreed to resolve six trade disputes including the removal of retaliatory tariffs on American ag exports. The two counties agreed to terminate six outstanding disputes at the World Trade Organization.  India also agreed to remove retaliatory tariffs, which it had imposed in response to the U.S. Section 232 national security measures on …

Mexico Adds 50% Tariff to White Corn from U.S.

Dan Corn, Exports/Imports, Tariff

by Sabrina Halvorson It’s another chapter in the Mexico-GMO Corn saga. Mexico has taken another step in preventing GMO corn from other nations from entering that country. It’s put in place a 50 percent tariff on US white corn imports through December. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said it’s one of the issues the US is pursuing through a US-Mexico-Canada …

Low Water Levels Affecting Barge Traffic

Dan Agri-Business, Drought, Exports/Imports, Water

While we’ve seen quite a bit of rain across most of the Southeast as of late, dry conditions continue in many areas farther north. And as Mark Oppold reports, that’s affecting barge traffic on the Mississippi River.  Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024