Articles tagged under: United States
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…