Bryce Cooke

The latest Ag exports numbers show that America farmers shipped $1.43 billion worth of goods over seas in fiscal year 2018.  USDA Trade Economist Bryce Cooke said that's about $600 million less than forecast.  But, despite all the trade problems;   "It was up $ 3.2 billion, or ...

China began imposing tariffs on U.S. Ag products back in early July.  However, that did not have an impact on the recently released U.S. export figures.   "It's the best July the U.S. has seen as far as agricultural exports go as a value total,” said USDA Trade Economist Bryce Cooke. Total U.S. ...

The USDA now has complete trade numbers for the first nine months of this fiscal year.  And while June exports came in at $11.8 billion, which is down from May, but the U.S. still had the highest year total on record.   USDA Trade Economist Bryce Cooke said May 2018 was also the biggest May export month ever.  And so,...