ag exports

USDA’s preliminary fiscal year 2023 trade forecast is marked by huge uncertainty, according to Chief Economist Seth Meyer.  USDA’s initial export forecast for 2023 is down roughly $2.5 billion dollars on lower volumes of beef, cotton, and sorghum, while imports are up $5 billion dollars for a new record.  But Meyer said the ...

Roughly one month remains on the Fiscal Year, and when the trading books for FY2022 close they will show a strong pace of growth when it comes to Ag exports.  USDA chief economist Seth Meyer said he expects those numbers to be very strong by the end of September.   “...

In today's Focus on Fruit, Mark Powers with the Northwest Horticultural Council talks about the balancing act between pesticide application and international trade.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@to...

Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy reports the country exported 2.66 million metric tons of grains and oilseeds in July 2022, 22.7% more than June.  Exports of wheat increased more than three times in July to about 412,000 tons compared to 138,400 tons that were shipped for export in June.  At...

The United States is looking for proof Russia is upholding its end of a Turkish-brokered deal to free up Ukrainian grain exports.  The agreement, if kept, could partially end a months-long Russian blockade of ports that remain under Ukraine’s control, especially the port of Odessa. “To da...

In fiscal year 2021, the value of U.S. fruit and vegetable imports rose to a record level.  That record is projected to rise another 9% in FY 2022 (October–September) to $42.6 billion, according to ERS.  Import volumes are also expected to grow 3% in 2022 to 29.4 million metric tons.  T...

U.S. grain exports in-all-forms totaled 96 million metric tons during the first nine months of the current marketing year.  The exports to 145 countries are just under the total at the same point in the previous marketing year. Increased grain exports to Mexico, Canada, and Colombia helped to offset year-to-date losses in China and Japan. Tho...

Earlier this week, the House of Representatives sent the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to President Biden for signature. Agriculture groups responded positively, heralding the legislation that improves the oversight of ocean shipping. Supporters of the legislation say the bill will address many maritime disruptions obstructing the import and export of U ...

The latest Ag trade numbers come from April, a month in which the United States exported $17.6 billion worth of Ag products; imported almost the same amounts of foreign products. "It was the largest value of agricultural exports and agricultural imports for any other April on record," USDA Economist Bart Kenner said, adding for the first seven months of this fiscal year, October through

The Biden administration's Ag trade team is one step closer to being full strength, after the announcement of their nominee for the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator within the US Trade representative's office."Projects that have multiple land owner benefits are the one's we try to perform first; one's that have several folks involved in them," said Doug McKalip back in 2008 when