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Soybeans
After the flood comes the enormous pile of burning soybeans
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Peggy Lowe
Aug 22, 2019
Following severe flodding in the Midwest, a pile of 650,000 bushels of soybeans in rural Missouri spontaneously combusted and have been burning for a month.
Soybean commodity traders are skeptical of renewed U.S.-China trade negotiations
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Daniel Shin
Jul 1, 2019
Al Kluis, managing director of Kluis Commodity Advisors, thinks traders won't see the soybean market turn until there are real orders and action taken.
Trade deficit widens in March
May 9, 2019
The overall deficit getting bigger isn't necessarily a bad thing, said Dan Ikenson, director of the Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.
Bad weather and trade complicate planting for Midwest farmers
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Peggy Lowe
Apr 22, 2019
Flood damage has made things extremely difficult.
Lots of soybeans with no place to go
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Andy Uhler
Nov 6, 2018
A Chinese tariff on the U.S. crop has shut down a critical market.
Here’s how deficit-inducing tax cuts lead to trade deficits
Sep 5, 2018
The U.S. trade deficit in July surged to a five-month high, $50.1 billion, as exports of products like soybeans and civilian aircraft fell, while imports reached record levels. President Donald Trump regularly complains about trade deficits, but his own spending policies tend to undermine the goal of lowering the trade gap. One part of the […]
Government aid is coming to U.S. farmers hit by tariff losses, but it probably won’t be enough
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Reema Khrais
Aug 27, 2018
U.S. farmers who are caught up in the wider U.S., China and Mexico trade disputes are expected to get details today on a $12 billion aid package to help offset the effects of retaliatory tariffs. Farmers have been watching prices drop for milk, wheat, soybeans and more, and they don’t even know how to calculate […]
For public good, not for profit.
Can the government offset the costs of its trade fight?
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Andy Uhler
Jul 25, 2018
The Department of Agriculture announced a $12 billion aid package on Tuesday for farmers impacted by U.S. trade disputes. The money would go to pork, soybean and dairy farmers among others who have been slapped with retaliatory tariffs in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign goods. But how much can the government do […]
Farmers plant soybeans amid uncertainty over tariffs
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Jahd Khalil
May 2, 2018
After President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, the Chinese government threatened to target soybeans, an important American cash crop. As farmers got ready to plant their fields, they didn’t have much choice but to stick to planting soybeans and hope for the best. But there are other actions they could […]
Trump proposes $100 billion in new tariffs on Chinese goods
Apr 5, 2018
President Donald Trump has instructed the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping $100 billion in additional tariffs on Chinese goods. The move comes a day after China issued a $50 billion list of U.S. goods including soybeans and small aircraft for possible tariff hikes in an escalating and potentially damaging dispute. The White House said […]