Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced today that U.S. producers are now eligible to ship a larger array of U.S. beef and beef products to Chile.
EXPORTS of Australian beef to Russia have surged to 38,436 tonnes,as volumes to the US decline and exports to the Middle East are up 58 per cent year to date
U.S. bristles after Canada escalates trade fight at WTO.
Cheesemakers are making more in Russia to replace EU imports.
World’s most popular sports event gets fourth Chinese sponsor.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will continue to defend the supply management system that protects the Canadian dairy industry in talks about revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement.
A total of 4,000 animals are expected to arrive within a month.
Having an Agriculture Secretary with on-the-farm experience has farmers and ranchers eager to see what Sonny Perdue can get done at USDA.
Competition in yogurt, cheese market stiff as milk sales slow.
Yili also cancels plan to raise 9 billion yuan in placement.
Wisconsin agriculture officials say most Wisconsin farmers whose Canada market evaporated in a trade dispute have new buyers.
Gov. Scott Walker says he spoke with President Donald Trump about the nearly 40 Wisconsin dairy farmers desperately seeking help after being dropped by their milk buyer following a Canadian policy change.
The biggest U.S. dairy importer is talking with New Zealand and buying more from the EU. Guess why.
A handful of Wisconsin dairy farmers whose Canada market evaporated in a trade dispute were weighing offers from new buyers on Tuesday, but others were running out of time before an expiring contract risked putting them out of business.
19 Minnesota dairy farms affected by US-Canada trade dispute
Nonfat dry milk futures are down 12% amid trade war concerns.
U.S. dairy farmers already struggling with low milk prices worry President Donald Trump’s talk of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement could harm trade to Mexico, its biggest export market.
Canada’s ambassador to Washington said Tuesday night that President Donald Trump is wrong when he says Canada’s trade practices in the dairy industry are “very unfair.”
Turkey Protests Dutch Government by Returning 40 Holstein Cows
The dairy sector has been hit with sagging prices and production costs squeezing profits to the extent that has driven many farmers to the brink of bankruptcy. The EU’s executive Commission has approved some support measures over the past year, but the farmers fear that releasing more milk powder on the market would further complicate their plight.
Huishan shares dropped as much as 4.3% before being suspended.
Milk regulations in Canada could devastate the New York dairy industry.
Passage would put pressure on Europe and China to negotiate terms of trade, says former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.
Organic milk only 1% of China market versus 10% globally.
As the U.S. exports an ever increasing share of its milk production, so does its vulnerability grow to trade disruptions.
New Zealand dairy crisis spurs debate over Fonterra’s strategy, while approximately 80% of Kiwi dairy farmers are operating at a loss.
Path to farm ownership in New Zealand jeopardized by downturn.
Units in Murray Goulburn Co-operative Ltd. fell to the lowest since they began trading last year after the Australian dairy group slashed its profit target by as much as 50 percent because of lower milk prices and a resilient Australian dollar.
New Zealand banks are probably taking a close look at their lending to dairy farmers as global prices plunge and many in the industry brace for a third season of potential losses, Finance Minister Bill English said.
“This is yet another example of how Russia’s blockade of U.S. dairy products is harming U.S. companies.” -- Tom Suber, USDEC president.