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A group of oil tankers moored at a Texas oil refinery just outside of Houston, Texas. Photo: ArtWager/E+/Getty Images

Oil vs Corn: U.S. lawmakers set hearing on fractious biofuels policy

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 29, 2019

The U.S. oil and corn industries will continue a long-running public battle over America’s biofuels policy on Tuesday during a Congressional hearing about the Trump administration’s use of “secret waivers” for refineries. The hearing set by the Energy and Commerce Committee will air out the grievances of two key political constituencies heading into next year’s […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, March 29, 2019. Trump has faulted China for not making good on promises to buy more American agricultural products. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Reuters

Trump threatens new tariffs as U.S.-China trade tensions spike again

By GFM Network News August 1, 2019

Washington | Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to impose a 10 percent tariff on a remaining $300 billion list of Chinese imports starting Sept. 1, after U.S. and Chinese negotiators failed to kickstart trade talks between the world’s two largest economies. The levies – which would hit a wide swath of […] Read more

Ethanol traders expect companies to start announcing output cuts soon. Photo: Getty Images

Reuters

U.S. ethanol industry nearing breaking point: Green Plains CEO

By GFM Network News July 29, 2019

New York | Reuters – The U.S. ethanol industry is about to break under the weight of the Trump Administration’s trade war with China and the surge in the number of small refineries exempted from the nation’s biofuel laws, said Todd Becker, CEO of Green Plains. The U.S. ethanol industry was preparing for growth in […] Read more

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts/File

Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. government to pay $15 minimum per acre to farmers hurt by China trade war

By GFM Network News July 23, 2019

Washington | Reuters – The U.S. government will pay farmers hurt by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China a minimum of $15 per acre under an aid package to be unveiled before the end of this week, Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday. “We’ll have information for you before the week ends,” he told […] Read more

Devin Dreeshen is sworn in on April 30, 2019 as Alberta’s agriculture minister; Premier Jason Kenney looks on. (Video screengrab from Government of Alberta via YouTube)

Crops, Livestock

Alberta UCP’s trade critic named ag minister

By GFM Network News April 30, 2019

Alberta’s new premier has tapped a not-quite-rookie MLA with experience in farming, farm policy and U.S. politics as his new minister of agriculture and forestry. Jason Kenney, sworn in Tuesday as premier, named Devin Dreeshen, the MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake since last July, to handle the ag and forestry file. Dreeshen came to the UCP’s […] Read more

Reuters

Stalled farm bill could move fast after Democrat House win

By GFM Network News November 7, 2018

Washington | Reuters – Congress may swiftly resolve a drawn-out impasse on the U.S. Farm Bill now that Democrats are poised to retake control of the legislative body, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee said on Wednesday. Collin Peterson, ranking member and presumptive new chair of committee, said passing the crucial agricultural legislation was going […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a cap reading “Make Our Farmers Great Again” while delivering remarks at a showcase of U.S.-made products at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Reuters

Trump’s trade war looms over divided U.S. farm belt ahead of vote

By GFM Network News November 2, 2018

Reuters – Chuck Wirtz voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, inspired by the then-political outsider, but the veteran Iowa hog farmer now has buyer’s remorse as the U.S. Republican president’s trade policy exacts a heavy toll on his business. Wirtz, 56, estimates the tariffs resulting from the U.S. trade war with China and […] Read more

Hogs, Markets, Reuters

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

By GFM Network News October 26, 2018

Beijing/Chicago/Carambei | Reuters – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China. His company, The Machhoffs, has halted U.S. projects worth up to $30 million and may move some operations overseas. Investing in domestic operations now would be “ludicrous” […] Read more

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France March 5, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Reuters

Tariff relief for Canada’s farmers at issue in Quebec election

By GFM Network News August 23, 2018

Montreal |Reuters – Quebec farmers want further relief from a global tariff dispute ahead of Oct. 1 elections in the mostly French-speaking Canadian province, which has seen a recent rise in nationalist sentiment. Quebec’s ruling Liberals, centrists but separate from the federal Liberal party, launched their campaign on Thursday. They trail in polls behind the center-right Coalition Avenir Quebec […] Read more

China has proposed tariffs that would include LNG, semiconductors, beef, aircraft. Photo: Darwel/iStock/Getty Images

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China plans tariffs on $60 bln of U.S. goods in latest trade salvo

By GFM Network News August 3, 2018

Beijing | Singapore | Reuters – China proposed retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods ranging from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to some aircraft on Friday, as a senior Chinese diplomat cast doubt on prospects of talks with Washington to solve their bitter trade conflict. The Trump administration tightened pressure for trade concessions from […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean futures edge up as Argentina ends export tax waiver

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract high, herd falls short of estimates

Eastern wheat to be included in Cereals Canada’s harvest assessment

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Oil vs Corn: U.S. lawmakers set hearing on fractious biofuels policy

Trump threatens new tariffs as U.S.-China trade tensions spike again

U.S. ethanol industry nearing breaking point: Green Plains CEO

U.S. government to pay $15 minimum per acre to farmers hurt by China trade war

Alberta UCP’s trade critic named ag minister

Stalled farm bill could move fast after Democrat House win

Trump’s trade war looms over divided U.S. farm belt ahead of vote

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

Tariff relief for Canada’s farmers at issue in Quebec election

China plans tariffs on $60 bln of U.S. goods in latest trade salvo

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