Month: November 2023

A geopolitical expert predicts Chinese demand for U.S. ag exports will fade in the next decade.  Jacob Shapiro is the director of geopolitical analysis for investment firm Cognitive Investments and the kick-off speaker for the [Read More…]

An ag economist says tensions remain high in the Black Sea Region. Allendale chief strategist Rich Nelson says a recent report indicates Russia attacked a ship near a port in Ukraine’s Odesa region. “The trade [Read More…]

A U.S. Representative from Iowa says more clarity is needed for the development of sustainable aviation fuels. Republican Ashley Hinson tells Brownfield that’s why she’s supporting the Farm to Fly Act. “What we heard over [Read More…]

The USDA has announced enhanced efforts to support growers through the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Initiative. Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small says the process started with a department-wide audit of how it currently supports the sector. [Read More…]

A bipartisan U.S. House Ag Committee working group has released an interim report that digs into the challenges of the H-2A guest worker program. Co-chair Rick Crawford of Arkansas tells Brownfield the group is narrowly [Read More…]

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has raised its expectations for soybean production, while lowering the outlook for corn. That world record large soybean production projection is despite ongoing weather issues in some areas. CONAB currently [Read More…]

Critics of the Biden administration say it hasn’t been committed to investing in trade, but an administration official says that isn’t the case.  “We are doing it,” says USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Ag [Read More…]