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Trump Won’t Narrow Tariff Plans
A recent Washington Post report said President-elect Trump’s aides are considering narrowing his tariff plans so they would only apply to limited specific critical imports. However, Farm Policy News says Trump denied that would happen. In Trump’s words in a Truth Social post, he says, “The story which quoted so-called anonymous sources which don’t exist,…
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South American Crops Facing Weather Challenges
Production estimates reached record levels for Brazil and Argentina’s winter soybean crops ahead of the 2024-2025 planting season. A USDA report predicted 169 million metric tons of soybeans in Brazil, a 10.4 percent increase from the previous marketing year. Argentina’s predicted output was 52 million metric tons, a jump of 7.86 percentage points from the…
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Grassley Blasts EPA Answers on Used Cooking Oil Imports
The EPA and Customs and Border Protection have answers on why claimed-to-be used cooking oil, mainly from China, is allowed into the U.S. But one senator isn’t satisfied. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the Environmental Protection Agency insists in response to his June letter, it can’t independently verify foreign claims imported used cooking oil is…
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Weekly Corn and Soybean Inspections Fall
USDA data says inspections of corn and beans for export declined week to week while wheat assessments improved. The agency says corn inspections in the seven days that ended on January 2 fell to 847,463 metric tons from 907,565 tons a week earlier. That’s also down from 1.09 million tons assessed during the same week…
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3 Big Things Today
3 Big Things Today, January 8, 2025Â Â Successful Farming
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Ukraine aiming to replace Russian grain imports in Syria
Ukraine aiming to replace Russian grain imports in Syria  The National
