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While the volume of ag exports is projected to expand from 2021-30, U.S. exports of major crop and livestock commodities are also expected to face stiff competition from other exporters.

The USDA estimates China will import 24 Million Metric Tons of corn from all over the world this year, with some forecasting it could even exceed 30-million.

Futures prices for wheat, corn, and soy have been trending upward since August. The 6-month trend of rising prices accelerated in the first weeks of 2021.

The USDA is reminding specialty crop growers that the deadline for submitting applications for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program is today.

In a letter to the USDA and DHHS, the American Dairy Coalition is requesting they look into concerns farmers have with the new Dietary Guidelines for America.

Cherry growers in the northern San Joaquin Valley say they avoided severe losses from mid-May rainstorms that threatened the ripening fruit.

USDA estimates that U.S. growers will plant 97 million acres of corn this spring, an 8% increase over 2019, but sharp declines in ethanol production make it doubtful.

Canada’s government is exempting foreign nationals who have committed to working in agriculture from COVID-19 travel bans.

**Farmers can expect a cash injection of billions of dollars in Trump tariff payments later this month or in December.
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue tells agriculture.com, “We hope that trade will supplant the need for aid in 2020,” pointing to progress in negotiations to reso…

Farmers have done their best since April to get the 2019 corn crop in the ground. Unfortunately, Mother Nature continues to knock them down.