Tag: Tariffs
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.
Grain markets sensitive to Trump news
Grain markets react to what could come of Donald Trump’s promised use of tariffs to drive conversation or influence changes in trade.
Soybean growers struggle a year after China tariffs
The past year has been the most challenging in a generation, U.S. soybean growers say, thanks to the trade war with China.
Trade aid vs. prevented planting
Which option, Prevent Plant or MFP payments, would offer the most benefits to an individual farmer? There is no clear-cut answer, but, according to USDA, it does have to be one or the other.
