A collection of farming news feeds from credible sources
A Chinese government spokesperson has confirmed the Trump Administration’s version of the “Phase One” trade deal reached last week. The Chinese spokesperson said President Trump’s announcement on Friday “is consistent with our understanding of the situation.” US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...
Congress has returned from its two-week break with work still to do: the USMCA, and, budget and tax issues that affect agriculture. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said impeachment proceedings won’t impact work being done on the US...
Corn and soybean markets were narrowly mixed this morning as analysts tried to assess crop damage that may result from this weekend’s snowstorm over the Northern Plains and hard freeze over much of the Midwest. Market analyst Arlan...
The U.S. and China have reached a partial trade agreement. President Trump and Chinese officials announced the breakthrough in the Oval Office Friday, and Trump says this first phase of a trade agreement is a “substantial...
This weekend’s forecasted blizzard has helped the corn market recover from yesterday’s losses. Analyst Al Kluis says December futures lost 14 cents Thursday after the bearish USDA report. “And today, guess what? We’re up 14 cents. Everybody is looking...
The USDA has lowered its 2019 U.S. corn and soybean production outlooks. It’s been a trying year for both crops, with historically slow planting because of excessively wet weather, followed by highly variable conditions during the...
The USDA says China bought a lot of pork during the week ending October 3rd as it tries to make up for domestic production lost to African swine fever. Beijing purchased 123,400 tons of U.S. pork...
A winter-like storm set to hit the northern plains and upper Midwest could negatively impact progress and yields of late maturing crops. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey tells Brownfield the storm will bring a variety of winter...
Two Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior members are calling on the Trump administration to investigate JBS business transactions. Senior members Marco Rubio of Florida and Bob Menendez of New Jersey have written to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin saying the Brazilian...
Public Citizen and United Food and Commercial Workers have filed a lawsuit in federal court in Minneapolis saying a new USDA rule will risk workers safety at pork slaughter and processing plants. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of United Food and...
