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US-Mexico Showdown Puts $45 Billion Food Trade in Crosshairs

Meat and grains, fruits, vegetables and even sugar. These are the dinner-table goods that are regularly imported back and forth between Mexico and the United States.

Shruti Date Singh and Kevin Varley | Bloomberg News
June 5, 2019
Government, Business, Safety

Grain Farmers Besieged by Trade Threats, Unrelenting Rain

There has never been a spring planting season like this one. Rivers topped their banks. Levees were breached. Fields filled with water and mud. And it kept raining.

June 3, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

China Puts US Soy Buying on Hold as Tariff War Escalates

China, the world’s largest soybean buyer, has put purchases of American supplies on hold after the trade war between Washington and Beijing escalated, according to people familiar with the matter.

May 30, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Grain Markets Dive to 42-Year Low After Trump’s Trade Tweets

Soybean and corn futures slumped after tweets from Donald Trump that threaten an escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, frustrating battered American producers hoping for a quick resolution.

Michael Hirtzer and Mario Parker | Bloomberg News
May 7, 2019
Government, Business

Farmer Income Drops Most Since First Quarter of 2016

Personal income for farmers fell by the most in three years in the first quarter, as losses to U.S. agriculture mount from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

Mike Dorning and Katia Dmitrieva | Bloomberg News
April 29, 2019
Government, Business

Farmers Fear China Trade Deal Will Fail to Erase Retaliatory Tariffs

Some U.S. farm groups fear that President Donald Trump’s terms for easing his trade war with China risk leaving large swaths of American agriculture worse off than before the conflict began.

Mike Dorning | Bloomberg News
April 15, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

More Women See Roles Expanding on Family Farms

As the average U.S. farmer ages, more women are stepping up as decision makers to help feed a booming global population.

Transport Topics
April 12, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Florida Farmers Push Protection as Trump Seeks USMCA Approval

Manatee County, Fla., tomato farmer Gary Reeder says he has seen the county’s tomato industry “basically cut in half” during his lifetime. Reeder says Florida tomato farmers struggle to compete with their counterparts in Mexico.

Zac Anderson | The Sarasota, Fla., Herald Tribune
March 21, 2019
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Rail Closures Disrupt Livestock Feed Supplies for California Farms

Some farms, dairies and feed companies in the San Joaquin Valley of California are facing shortages of livestock feed supplies after deadly river flooding in the Midwest closed major railroad shipping corridors in recent days.

Tim Sheehan | The Fresno, Calif. Bee
March 20, 2019
Government, Business, Safety

America’s Farmers Call for Help as Debts Climb to 1980s Levels

The worst agricultural downturn since the 1980s is taking its toll on the emotional well-being of American farmers. In Kentucky, Montana and Florida, operators at Farm Aid’s hotline have seen a doubling of contacts for everything from financial counseling to crisis assistance.

Mario Parker | Bloomberg News
March 20, 2019

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