Tag: Tariffs
Alan Guebert: Bridge to where, exactly?
A fact check of White House claims on farm aid shows tariffs hurt U.S. agriculture, boosted bailouts and contradict rhetoric about a “war on farmers.”
White House beef tariffs make hash out of cattle markets
Alan Guebert: Political tariffs and policy shifts on Brazilian and Argentine beef have sent US cattle futures soaring, then plunging, creating chaos in the cattle market.
At the White House: Two holes, $20 billion and one big...
Tariffs, currency moves and U.S. aid to Argentina are deepening the crisis for American soybean farmers as exports plunge and rivals capture global markets.
You’re not confused; up is down and white is black
In today’s politics, tariffs, labor shortages and farm payments leave U.S. farmers struggling while leaders call it “fun,” according to Alan Guebert.
Tea leaves are for tea, hard data is for hard choices
Volatile trade policies, slowing growth and a 79% drop in corn exports to China are sinking commodity prices — and economists see more cooling ahead.
Cleveland Cliffs indefinitely delays plans for Weirton’s electrical transformer plant
Cleveland Cliffs announced it is indefinitely delaying plans for an electrical transformer production plant in Weirton, West Virginia on May 2.
Trade war costs will be more than taxpayer money
Farm and Food File columnists Alan Guebert explains how "today’s tariff war will increase, not cut as the Trump White House claims, the ag trade deficit."
Two things farm markets hate: Uncertainty and tariffs
Alan Guebert weighs in on President Donald Trump's recently-imposed tariffs and how they will affect tax payers.
Ag groups worry about tariffs’ impact on American farmers
The new trade war with its closest agricultural trade partners could hit U.S. farmers hard as spring planting season is about to begin.
Tariffs on Canada and Mexico paused, but U.S. ag groups still...
Leaders of U.S. agriculture organizations quickly voiced concern about the potential impacts they foresee from Trump’s tariffs, highlighting fears that they could hurt those who grow America’s food.
