agricultural exports

Trump Names Doud Chief Trade Negotiator; Trump Trade with Cuba
Trump Names Doud Chief Trade Negotiator; Trump Trade with Cuba
**President Trump is nominating Gregg Doud, president of the Commodity Markets Council and a farm policy veteran, to be the administration’s chief agricultural negotiator under the U.S. Trade Representative.   Doud was a senior aide to the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2011 to 2013 and assisted in drafting what would become the 2014 farm bill. The...
U.S. Agriculture Exports Expect Lower Numbers; Agriculture Target of “Economic Espionage”
U.S. Agriculture Exports Expect Lower Numbers; Agriculture Target of “Economic Espionage”
USDA analysts have once again lowered their expectations for U.S. agricultural exports this fiscal year. In August, USDA forecasted exports to reach roughly $138 million. That forecast was revised in December to $131 million. USDA now predicts exports will total $125 million, down more than 10 percent from last year...
El Nino Changing into La Nina; Agriculture Won’t Benefit From Opening of Cuba
El Nino Changing into La Nina; Agriculture Won’t Benefit From Opening of Cuba
The current El Niño weather pattern could be shifting quickly to the La Niña weather pattern later this year. Meteorologist Kyle Tapley said that weather models “now show full-fledged La Niña conditions by the summer.” Recent weather models show El Niño heading towards a “rapid decay” this spring with the La Niña weather event quickly following...