Archive for the "Trade" Tag

It seems longer, but coronavirus has been mentioned as a market factor for ag prices for over a month now. Back on […]

Bloomberg writers Isis Almeida and Michael Hirtzer reported on Tuesday that, “China is back in the market for U.S. sorghum this week, signaling […]

Commodity experts at the International Sweetener Colloquium here on Tuesday signaled that the announcements of the spread of the coronavirus and the […]

Imagine you are a freight provider — a trucker, say — and the demand for your services is so poor that the […]

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced today that China has taken numerous actions to […]

Speaking on Thursday at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia, USDA Chief Economist Robert C. Johansson provided a broad outlook for U.S. agriculture.  Today’s update […]

Old crop corn basis and futures spreads continue to signal a smaller crop scenario than the price levels in the futures market […]

Canadian Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau says the country will ratify the US Mexico Canada Agreement soon. “We are going through our […]

USDA is forecasting bullish export sales for beef, pork and poultry in 2020 and record production again in red meat and poultry. […]

Following this month’s release of the USDA’s Long-Term Projections, on Thursday, the Department released its quarterly Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.  This update provided […]