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WASHINGTON, D.C. – While political tensions between the U.S. and China have increased these past months, it hasn’t affected U.S. agricultural trade to a great degree. Recent sales of U.S. corn and sorghum followed up a record year of China beef exports and China has also been back in the soybean export market. According to […]
WASHINGTON (DTN) — President Joe Biden early Thursday announced overnight negotiations between major railroads and unions had reached a tentative agreement to avoid a nationwide rail strike that was set to occur Friday. The deal, if culminated, would bring a sigh of relief across the agricultural and biofuels supply chain. Agricultural groups this past week […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Continuing dryness in the Central and Western states and the Midwest is impacting nearly $180 billion of U.S. ag production. Data from the American Farm Bureau (AFB) shows most of the U.S.’s top ag commodities are grown or raised in states experiencing extended dryness – like 81 percent of cattle and calves. […]