Exports

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Idaho tied an export record in 2021 at $1.02 billion. That figure was up 9% year-over-year, and tied 2014, which was a very impress year for American Ag exports. Sean Ellis with the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation said that figure only takes into account products that leave Idaho, so for example, wheat that’s barged down the Snake River to Portland is not includ

After productive talks with the U.S. in 2021, the Vietnamese government eliminated a 3% U.S. wheat import tariff on December 30th. Earlier this month, the first shipment of U.S. wheat purchased without a tariff arrived at a Vietnam port. The shipment contained more than 68,300 metric tons of soft white and hard red spring wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains ...

Jim Bair, President and CEO at USApple said the farming community needs the Biden Administration to reverse the tariffs imposed on China by the Trump Administration, but right now there is no interest in doing so. He noted that exports of Washington apples have dropped considerably over recent years, thanks to the 50% price increase currently imposed by China ...

According to the USDA, export sales of wheat and soybeans rose while corn sales declined during the week ending on February 3. Wheat sales that week totaled 84,800 metric tons, up 48% compared to the previous week. That number was still down 75% from the prior four-week average ...

The 2021 calendar year has the honor of being the best U.S. agricultural export year, with record sales valued at $177 billion; up 18% from 2020. One reason for the record setting year was how it ended. With November sales the highest of any month in history and follow that with December, which USDA Economist Bart Kenner noted had the highest December exports on record ...

For the Idaho dairy industry, the challenges are both coming and going. Rick Naerebout, CEO of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association said like many in the farming community, input costs are really cutting into the bottom lines of producers across the state. But ...

Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, the Dairy Checkoff continued to help its foodservice partners to grow sales of U.S. dairy foods. Dairy Management Incorporated, the organization that oversees the checkoff, says more domestic dairy got shipped into the international marketplace in 2021 ...

Potato growers are excited after the signing of a plan allowing American producers to export fresh potatoes to all of Mexico. This comes months after the Mexican Supreme Court ruled in favor of American growers, saying fresh spuds could not be limited to just 16 miles from the U ...

The current supply chain crisis could cause more than delays an inconveniences for the farming community. Leprino Foods President and CEO Mike Durkin told the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday, “This export crisis may well result in irreparable harm to American agriculture as customers around the world are questioning the U.S. da ...

The total value of agriculture exports may reach an all-time high in fiscal year 2022. ERS said higher shipments of major categories of commodities, including grains and feeds, oilseeds, and livestock, poultry, and dairy products, are primarily driving the increase ...