As China tightens its belt, U.S. soybeans feel the pinch The giant of world soybean trade, China, will slash its soy imports by 10 percent this trade year under the dual effects of a trade war with the United States and an outbreak of African swine fever, said the U.S…. Continue reading
Trump’s trade war knocks soybeans out of running for top U.S. crop for a decade The neck-and-neck race between soybeans and corn for the title of No. 1 U.S. crop is over after one lap, with corn the victor and soybeans out of the running due to trade war with… Continue reading
In northwestern Iowa, King’s cruise to re-election hits a pothole Anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King has suddenly found himself fighting his toughest re-election contest in years in the reliably conservative northwestern quadrant of Iowa, with an online poll showing his Democratic challenger trailing him by just a single point. Low prices,… Continue reading
Four times more tariff pain than financial gain in ‘new NAFTA’ Although President Trump declared the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement a big win for U.S. farmers, a study released on Wednesday says U.S. farm exports will fall by $1.8 billion due to retaliatory tariffs by Mexico and Canada. That would be… Continue reading
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