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Provisional anti-subsidy duties against ammonium sulfate imports from China have been levied via a January 10 Commerce Department ruling.
Barriers linked with Cuba’s state-controlled economy may make it hard for foreign partners to trade or invest in the country, but the lifting of restrictions could expand US exports, especially US farm products, the International Trade Commission (ITC) said in a report released Apr. 18.
It appears the Obama administration late this year, after Nov. 8 elections, will file several trade complaints with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Chinese support for its corn, wheat and rice industries.
Results of an investigation by China into imports of U.S. distiller’s dried grains (DDGs) is expected to come soon from the Chinese Commerce Ministry, according to signals from U.S. trade and industry sources.
The U.S. is launching a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on China’s domestic price supports for the production of rice, wheat and corn, US officials announced Tuesday (Sept. 13), a likely action we alerted Pro Farmer members to months ago.
There has been substantial progress made in recent talks between the U.S. and South Africa, despite comments to the contrary by the general media.
Brazil’s soybean growers association, APROSOJA, has reportedly requested that their government consider filing a WTO case against the U.S. soybean crop insurance program.
FFA chapters across the country are taking part in National FFA Week activities.
Newly revised numbers from the Commerce Department are indicating the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States increased 3.1 percent from April to June, the fastest growth rate in more than two years.
Pacific Nations Agree to Save TPP Trade Pact Without US Involvement
When Trump Puts America First, These Commodities Are at Risk
Mexico’s move to start allowing some imports of American chicken and turkey from states with commercial bird- flu cases signals that the disease’s threat to U.S. poultry exports is starting to subside.
Despite the U.S. dollar’s antics, there has been little change in sources of the cheapest grains.
The biodiesel tax incentive program expires at the end of this calendar year. Congressional sources signal that another extension is likely, but the timeline on when that takes place is murky. Contacts are not ruling out a one- or two-year extension in a post-election, lame-duck session of Congress, while others say this issue could be bumped to a new Congress in 2017.
China’s Food Giant Emerges as Leading Exporter of Brazil Soy
Doug Parker, the previous director of the EPA’s criminal investigation division and now president of the consultancy Earth and Water Strategies LLC, said the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program is vulnerable to scams that have bilked victims out of nearly $1 billion so far.
In a letter, President Trump dipping into the industry’s battle with independent oil refiners over whether parts of a federal mandate should be changed.
Nine members of the House of Representatives have pressed U.S. Trade Ambassador Michael Froman to push for reduced tariffs on U.S. energy products including ethanol, according to a letter dated March 21.
First Biorefinery Demonstration Facility, Ethanol Share to Rise by 2035
E85 Sales Shoot Upward in Iowa, Indiana Adds a Facility, From Pennycress to Biodiesel, A Pump First for New Jersey.
Tastes Like Chicken, Ethanol Industry Shifts Sideways, Scientists Support Biodiesel.
USDA’s end-of-March Prospective Plantings report always brings a few surprises. This year will likely be the same.
Everything ended the week down hard as traders took a risk-off attitude toward market positions. Part of the reason was the dollar’s rally, which made even French corn competitive for importers.
Don’'t miss a single minute of the first-ever Marketing Rally.
Farmers should see a slight decrease in cash rental rates in the year ahead. Here’s what you can expect.
Analysts still view soybeans as a market for opportunity in 2018.