Tag: Tariffs
Trade war costs will be more than taxpayer money
Farm and Food File columnists Alan Guebert explains how "today’s tariff war will increase, not cut as the Trump White House claims, the ag trade deficit."
Two things farm markets hate: Uncertainty and tariffs
Alan Guebert weighs in on President Donald Trump's recently-imposed tariffs and how they will affect tax payers.
Ag groups worry about tariffs’ impact on American farmers
The new trade war with its closest agricultural trade partners could hit U.S. farmers hard as spring planting season is about to begin.
Tariffs on Canada and Mexico paused, but U.S. ag groups still...
Leaders of U.S. agriculture organizations quickly voiced concern about the potential impacts they foresee from Trump’s tariffs, highlighting fears that they could hurt those who grow America’s food.
Grain markets sensitive to Trump news
Grain markets react to what could come of Donald Trump’s promised use of tariffs to drive conversation or influence changes in trade.
Soybean growers struggle a year after China tariffs
The past year has been the most challenging in a generation, U.S. soybean growers say, thanks to the trade war with China.
Trade aid vs. prevented planting
Which option, Prevent Plant or MFP payments, would offer the most benefits to an individual farmer? There is no clear-cut answer, but, according to USDA, it does have to be one or the other.
Impact of trade war will hurt US farmers for years
Since Sept. 1, 2018, American soybean exports to China have declined by 80% of the three-year annual average. It will take years to rebuild that market.
Trump lifts tariffs, takes step toward USMCA ratification
The governments of the United States, Mexico and Canada have reached an agreement to roll back metal tariffs, known as Section 232 tariffs, a move that could hasten passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
US, China postpone more tariffs
The USDA announced Feb. 22 that the Chinese government has committed to buy an additional 10 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans.
