Exports
The United Soybean Board representatives say export and trade development is critical for increasing international demand.
Local prices in Missouri are holding steady, but experts warn of looming harvest uncertainties to come for grain producers along the major waterway as well as corn and soybean growers.
The USDA’s latest crop forecast for corn and soybean production will impact U.S. producers as well as make an impact on global trade.
U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith, Dusty Johnson, Jim Costa, and Jimmy Panetta unite, forming a bipartisan Agriculture Caucus to promote market access and balance trade.
According to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly Wheat Outlook Report, U.S. Hard Red Winter exports are predicted to be down 10 million bushels in September, which would mark the lowest levels ever recorded.
USDA experts say competition from Brazil is casting a shadow on this year’s U.S. record corn crop, lowering trade demand for exports as well as the prices.
All eyes are back on Mississippi River water levels as harvest season gears up across the country.
Katherine Tai will be in India this weekend to discuss the country’s controversial ban on white rice exports.
Meat exports were mixed for the first half of the year according to data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
Under the new rules, U.S. cotton can now enter the country with a phytosanitary certificate and an additional declaration saying the bale does not contain boll weevil.
