agricultural exports

America’s agricultural exports in fiscal year 2024 are projected to be down $2.5 billion from the August forecast.

U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power says the U.S. will provide another $250 million in aid to Ukraine’s agricultural producers.

The USDA says America’s agricultural exports in fiscal year 2023 are forecast at $181 billion, down $3.5 billion from the February forecast.

New data from USDA’s Economic Research Service shows Mexico accounted for nearly 14% of all U.S. agricultural exports between 2018 and 2022.

The USDA projected America’s food and agricultural exports will drop 12% through fiscal year 2026, caused by a global economic slowdown, inflation, higher interest rates, and the strong U.S. dollar.

U.S. beef exports to East Asia in 2022 are again on record pace after a record year in 2021. A new USDA report shows retail food prices increased 8.9% in the first seven months of 2022.

A 77-square-mile area of San Diego County is under quarantine to guard against a Mexican fruit fly infestation. After a slow start to the year, U.S. pork exports to Colombia rebounded strongly in the second quarter

**Farmers previously ineligible for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 can now apply for aid thanks to collaboration between the American Farm Bureau, lawmakers and USDA.

According to the Farm Credit Administration’s quarterly report on economic issues, record agricultural exports are contributing to favorable economic conditions for the U.S. farm sector

The “phase one” agreement that de-escalated the China-U.S. trade war calls for China to greatly expand its purchases of U.S. food, ag and seafood products this year and in 2021.