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Sizing up a Potential $30 Billion Ag Trade Deal
Late in February, rumors of China agreeing to purchase an additional $30 billion per year in ag products as part…
U.S., China Trade Talks Persist, While Flooding Compounds Stress on the Ag Economy
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are scheduled to travel to China next week to start a new round of…
USDA Continues to Prevent African Swine Fever From Entering the U.S.
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2019 – Last week, USDA-trained detector dogs played a major role in the seizure of roughly 1…
Hemp Is Growing Like Crazy in Kentucky. Just Look at Last Year’s Sales
Kentucky’s resurgent hemp sector flexed more economic clout in 2018, with processors reporting sharply higher sales and farmers reaping more…
In a Generation, Mega-Farms will Dominate ‘Production’ Ag, Analyst Predicts
Twenty years from now, vastly fewer but much larger farms will generate the lion’s share of agriculture output, said chief…
High-Level U.S.-China Trade Talks to Resume in Final Push for Deal
Negotiators for the U.S. and China have scheduled a new round of high-level trade talks in Beijing and Washington, aiming…
Western Iowa Farmers Rush to Save Grain, Livestock Before Missouri Flood Waters Overtake Them
Jeff Jorgenson had moved about all the grain he could by Saturday — about half of what he had stored in…
Flood Disaster Likely Just Beginning Over Central U.S. with Troublesome Season Expected
Flooding will continue in waves and varying degrees of severity over the central United States, including a large part of…
Spring Acreage in Focus
Uncertainty on trade issues and the subsequent price movements associated with speculation on the topic added a degree of difficulty…
Iowa Officials Question Corps Communication as River Destruction Increases
Exasperated local officials told Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday about lost farms and businesses due to flooding, ongoing river…