Imports and Exports

Commentary and key tables.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa is more than Iowa’s second largest city. It’s also a processing powerhouse, home to major names like Cargill and ADM.

Short-term demand is waning, but export market remains strong

Alfalfa growers cater to export market.

Japan copes with disaster; Chinese crush capacity boosts oil exports; alfalfa hay in high demand

There is trade talk movement on several fronts right now.

The White House is ramping up pressure to reach a trade deal with China in the next two weeks, warning that the U.S. is prepared to walk away from the negotiations.

Two countries reach agreement on final protocol, USDA says.

Rice prices have declined for several years because of competition from huge rice producers like Vietnam and Thailand as well as increases in agricultural productivity that have boosted supplies. Over the past few decades, hundreds of rice farmers in Southeast Texas have given up the crop entirely but that could soon change.

Here’s the latest from the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates: