China Emerges as a Leading Destination for U.S. Beef Exports
China's demand for beef is breaking records and imports have increased to unprecedented levels in recent years. Since...
Barge Traffic Restrictions on the Mississippi River and Bulk Agricultural Exports
The Mississippi River provides the United States with a competitive advantage in the export of bulk agricultural...
U.S. Pecan Trade
The United States is a world leader in pecan production totaling an estimated 115 thousand metric tons (TMT). Georgia...
The Drought, Exports, and Cotton Prices
The drought of 2022 in Texas has taken its toll on U.S. cotton production, with USDA forecast 13.8 million bales (mb)...
ERS Report Shows that U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) Benefit Developing Countries
The United States has 14 free trade agreements (FTAs) across 20 countries, the majority of which are in lower- or...
Why is Trade Freedom Important?
Recently the importance of agricultural trade for the United States was discussed which accounts for over one-third of...
USDA: U.S. Agricultural Exports are Projected to Decrease $2.5 Billion in Fiscal Year 2023
Given the delay in how U.S. trade data are reported (two-month delay), the value of U.S. agricultural exports for...
Importance of Agricultural Trade for the U.S.
Trade is very important to production agriculture in the United States. Over the last decade, 2011 to 2020,...
How Important is the Phillippines for U.S. Agricultural Trade?
Last month (July 2022), the Foreign Agricultural Service of USDA led a trade mission to the Philippines that included...