Tag: trade
Is there money in the banana stand?
Regardless of how the U.S.-China trade war shakes out, for good or bad for U.S. agriculture, trade relationships won’t be the same. Existing markets will fade away. New ones will emerge. Time will tell how viable they are. In the long run though, it’s up to you and me, not nations, to find solutions.
Down the primrose path
A long harvest and bitter winter loom, as President Donald Trump threatens even tougher trade sanctions on key U.S. food buyers beginning Sept. 1.
Trade meltdown washes away price support
Marlin Clark provides a weekly breakdown of corn and soybean prices and offers insight on how trade negotiations with China are impacting them.
Futures vs. cash prices: who wins war?
Marlin Clark offers insight into the conflicted grain futures markets.
It’s going to be a long, hot summer…
Alan Guebert digs into recent the recent actions of President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Hey, rural America, do your civic duty. Or not.
Alan Guebert digs into the USMCA trade deal and takes a closer look at 2019 ag exports and the still-in-place tariffs that are clipping U.S. exports.
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.
Welcome to paradise, er, paradox
According to Alan Guebert, there's a paradox occurring in today's commodity and financial markets. He sheds some light on it in his column this week.
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.
Watching a train wreck happen
Alan Guebert scrutinizes President Trump's recent actions in working toward — or backpedaling out of — a trade agreement with China.
