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Farmers should anticipate continued upward pressure on farm labor costs and monitor policy changes that may further impact hiring decisions.
“Arkansas was the first state in the country to kick a Chinese-owned company off of our farmland...”
“This flight between Israel and Iran had a very direct relationship to the urea market.”
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“No business person in the United States is going to hire people that are terrorists or criminals. So deporting them is going to have zero impact on the economy...”
Business News: Trade
Imports & Exports
While the agriculture industry hoped details on proposed “bridge” payments for farmers would be released this week, Ag Secretary Brook Rollins said the USDA is still working with the White House on the finer points.
China’s renewed purchases signal improving sorghum demand at a time when export markets are otherwise uneven. Meanwhile, agriculture groups across the U.S, Canada, and Mexico want to protect close trade relations.
