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Egypt Cancels Wheat Tender

Published July 19, 2022

Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, cancelled its international tender for wheat, stating the offer prices were more expensive than expected. Egypt lowered protein levels for the tender and the United States was hoping to make…

The U.S. Initiates Another Dispute Panel Against Canada

Published May 25, 2022

Canada is not meeting their dairy trade obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. On Wednesday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative initiated a second dispute panel to address the challenge. The U.S. issued the first dispute panel earlier this year.…

The U.S. and United Kingdom Start Preliminary Trade Talks Today

Published March 21, 2022

The United States and the United Kingdom are expected to begin preliminary talks about a trade and investment agreement this week. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and her U.K counterpart are scheduled to meet in Baltimore, Maryland today and tomorrow…

United States Hog Numbers Decline

Published March 8, 2022

The United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1 of 2021 was 74.2 million head. That’s down four percent from the same time in 2020. The breeding inventory, at 6.18 million head, was up slightly from last…

USDA Makes Slight Changes to World Corn and Soy Production

Published February 9, 2022

USDA lowered world corn ending stocks from the January estimate of 303.1 million metric tons to 302.2 million metric tons. World Soybean ending stocks were lower from 95.2 million tonnes in January to 92.8 million tonnes. World wheat ending stocks…

U.S. Corn Ending Stocks Unchanged, Soybean Carryout Lowered

Published February 9, 2022

USDA made no adjustment to U.S. corn ending stocks in the February Supply and Demand report, leaving corn ending stocks unchanged from January at 1.54 billion bushels. USDA did lower U.S. soybean carryout from last month by 25 million bushels…

China Still Behind in Phase One Trade Commitments

Published May 30, 2021

China is still behind on its phase one trade commitments, but the American Farm Bureau Federation says the country is catching up. In the deal, China agreed to an increase in agriculture purchases by $73.8 billion with nearly half of…

Backed Up 400,000 Hogs Per Week

Published April 23, 2020

Due to COVID-19, eight percent of U.S. meat packing capacity is off line. With more employees staying home from work over concerns about the virus, many plants are operating at 50-to-70 percent of their normal production. That leaves the industry…

U.S. Corn Plantings Forecast at Highest Level Since ’12

Published March 31, 2020

U.S. farmers intend to plant 97 million acres of corn in 2020, according to the USDA Prospective Plantings Report. That is an increase of eight percent from last year. If realized, this would be the highest planted acreage since 2012,…

Mexico is the First Country to Approve USMCA

Published June 20, 2019

On Wednesday, the Mexico Senate approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by a vote of 114 to 4. Mexico is the first of three countries to ratify the trade deal. Now, all eyes are on Canada and the U.S. to ratify the…

Articles tagged under: United States

Egypt Cancels Wheat Tender

The U.S. Initiates Another Dispute Panel Against Canada

The U.S. and United Kingdom Start Preliminary Trade Talks Today

United States Hog Numbers Decline

USDA Makes Slight Changes to World Corn and Soy Production

U.S. Corn Ending Stocks Unchanged, Soybean Carryout Lowered

China Still Behind in Phase One Trade Commitments

Backed Up 400,000 Hogs Per Week

U.S. Corn Plantings Forecast at Highest Level Since ’12

Mexico is the First Country to Approve USMCA

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