Trade
Brazil Beef Imports Jump Despite Probes
Beef Imports From Brazil Surge as Officials Take Aim at Brazilian Packers
OMAHA (DTN) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stood with the acting Attorney General on Monday denouncing Brazilian packer ownership for being “affiliated with corruption, but...
Fuel, Fertilizer Costs Rise on Iran War
US-Iran Escalation Could Drive Up Input Costs as Spring Planting Season Hits
OMAHA (DTN) — Farmers will likely see higher diesel prices as they move into planting season with the U.S. attacks on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory...
Sugar Farmers Face an Import Problem
US Sugar Program is Struggling With Low Prices, Faces Possible Forfeitures
CHAMPIONS GATE, Fla. — The U.S. sugar program, which is supposed to protect cane and beet growers by limiting imports, is struggling under current conditions...
Texas Ag Economy Tied to Mexico Trade
USMCA Review Takes Center Stage at Commodity Classic as Tariff Tensions Rise
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (DTN) — With the mandatory six-year review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement approaching and tariff tensions escalating, farm groups gathered Tuesday at the...
Supreme Court Rejects Trump Tariffs
After Supreme Court Ruling, Trump Doubles Down on Authority to Impose Tariffs
This article was originally published at 10:37 a.m. CST on Friday, Feb. 20. It was last updated with additional information at 1:26 p.m. CST on...
USMCA, Ag Exports and Trade Certainty
While Seeking Changes, Senators and Farm Groups Defend USMCA’s Benefits
OMAHA (DTN) — While pressing for improvements and changes, U.S. senators and representatives of farm and business groups defended the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on...
Trump Presses for Lowering Beef Prices
Trump Announces Plan to Boost Imports of Beef Trimmings from Argentina
OMAHA (DTN) — President Donald Trump on Friday announced the United States will lower tariff barriers to allow 80,000 metric tons (mt) of beef trimmings...
USMCA and Ag Trade: By the Numbers
Six Things to Know About USMCA and America’s Growing Ag Trade Deficit
OMAHA (DTN) — Agricultural groups and others are testifying about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in a multiday hearing, while reports out of Washington suggest President...
Canada to Cut Reliance on US Trade Ties
Canadian Prime Minister Moves to Reduce Country’s Reliance on US Trade
OMAHA (DTN) — The United States could see reduced imports of Canadian petroleum, steel and lumber in the coming years as the Canadian government looks...
Former Trade Official Questions Trump
Former Trade Negotiator Warns That Trump Tariffs Create Instability for US Farmers
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — U.S. trade relations with Japan and other countries are headed in a direction that could put U.S. agriculture and other businesses...