imports

China is expected to increase beef imports by 20 percent and pork imports by 4 percent next year, but U.S. producers won't be profiting from the increased trade, according to a new report. China is now forecast to buy about 830,000 tons of pork in 2016, up from 800,000 this year, but most of the 4 percent increase will benefit European exporters because much of what comes from U...

North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp used some face time with Cuban President Raul Castro to tell him Cuba should import more U.S. legumes. Heitkamp met Castro Friday at the United Nations General Assembly session. Crops, like black beans, peas and lentils, are in high demand in Cuba...

By a vote of 62 to 38 the Senate invoked cloture to begin debate on trade promotion authority legislation last Thursday. The motion allows 30-hours of debate on an amendment to extend the charter of the Export-Import Bank. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden says the vote shows the U...

USDA has reached agreements allowing U.S. beef and pork producers greater access to consumers in Mexico and Peru. The agreements will allow U.S. producers to export slaughter cattle to Mexico and expand access to consumer markets in Peru for U...

Mexico and other major countries have imposed new import restrictions at the end of last week after the H5N2 strain of avian influenza was found in the heart of America’s poultry region. Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, California, Washington and Oregon already face bans or restrictions...