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Roll Back of Tariffs Stymie Phase One Trade Talks with China
Josh Zumbrun, William Mauldin and Chao Deng reported on the front page of Friday’s Wall Street Journal that, “Beijing’s announcement Thursday that…
As Harvest Drags On, Producers Reminded to Cool Stored Grain
Many Midwest farmers faced a late-planting season with the added headache of poor summer growing weather, excessive rainfall and in…
ABA, Famer Mac Ag Lender Survey Reveals Top Issues for 2020
As the farm economy continues to work through a prolonged downturn, credit quality and the deterioration of agricultural loans remains…
Busts Highlight Growing Confusion Over Hemp
Industrial hemp looks and smells an awful lot like that other cannabis – marijuana The CBD craze might be leaving…
Will Corn Exports Recover?
Despite the corn crop dropping by 118 million bushels in last Friday’s WASDE report, a 100 million bushel reduction in…
Farm-Level Implication of MFP Payments
After the USDA and White House announced the 2019 MFP program, we noted that direct government payments were set to soar…
Harvest Rains Complicate an Already Struggling Cotton Crop
Standing in his drip-irrigated field north of Lockney, Texas, producer Dan B. Smith watches as his John Deere stripper-baler slowly…
Hemp-Farmers Ahead of Processors
A shortage of buyers for hemp produced for CBD oil extraction is causing growers to look at different markets for…
China “Scouring the World for Meat” as African Swine Fever Impacts Protein Markets
Bloomberg News reported last week that, “Tang Jie, who works on a pig farm, says he used to get pork from…
U.S. Business Sees Dwindling Prospects in Cuba
The Havana International Trade Fair is where Cuba puts the best face on its struggling economy. There are state-run restaurants…