Trade

For Doug McKalip, the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, removing barriers to and boosting U.S. agricultural exports and trade is a work in progress.

A commodity group and herbicide formulator called on the U.S. International Trade Commission to reject a petition for tariffs that could be levied on imported 2,4-D from India and China.

Each year, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri and its collaborators put together a baseline projection for the U.S. and world ag sectors for the major grains, oilseeds, biofuels, livestock and dairy commodities.

Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. With a new harvest on the horizon, he feels pressure to sell what he has to prevent it from going bad.

On March 2, the 13th World Trade Organization ministerial ended like most previous ministerials. After its 164 member-ministers discussed the burning need to change two, key international trade rules, everyone went home without changing any key international trade rules.

It looks so far like spring has arrived early this year. Even if we get a last blast of winter, spring has a pretty good head start — so much so that I missed my best opportunity to frost seed some clover.

Ted McKinney has had many titles throughout his lengthy career in agriculture. Now he can officially add “Friend of Farmer” to that list.

Tractors are in the streets in Paris, Rome, Brussels and many other cities and towns across Europe this winter.

Don Lamb, Indiana State Department of Agriculture director, joined NASDA on the trip to Cuba.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will soon meet with farm officials from key trading partners Canada and Mexico.

Indiana Soybean Alliance led a 10-person delegation to Indonesia in February to meet potential soybean buyers and tour facilities.

Two separate world events are creating global transit choke points for U.S. agricultural exports, increasing shipping costs and potentially impacting market prices and farm profitability.

Indiana State Department of Agriculture is hosting an Indiana pavilion at the 2024 Sweets & Snacks Expo, May 14-16 at the Indianapolis Convention Center.

There’s a joke about my fellow Baby Boomers making the rounds that goes something like this: In the 1960s, Boomers didn’t trust anyone over 30, but as soon as they reached their 60s, they didn’t trust anyone under 30.

While January left the old year behind, it didn’t leave behind any of the baggage 2023 saddled American farmers and ranchers with.