Trade

We asked Mark Powers with the Northwest Horticultural Council his priorities, and the organizations' priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@to...

USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and former Oregon Department of Agriculture head Alexis Taylor will lead a delegation of 26 agribusinesses and farm organizations to Panama City, Panama, March 19-23.  The mission highlights opportunities in Panama and throughout the Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement region.  Exports...

Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative’s Office requested technical consultations with Mexico regarding its proposed ban on GMO corn imports from the U.S.  The request is under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Chapter of USMCA.  Ag Secretary ...

The United States has asked Mexico to start the process of more formally resolving a long-running dispute over Mexico’s planned import ban of GMO corn.  The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office asked Mexico for technical talks under the USMCA trade deal that could lead to more formal dispute settlement talks on the planned GMO corn ban.   “This is a s...

In today's Focus On Fruit, we check in with the Washington Apple Commission.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com 

USDA’s March crop production reports and supply and demand estimates showed minor changes this week.  The U.S. orange production forecast rose slightly month over month, yet will still be down 25% year over year.    Turning to domestic commodity balance sheets, an upward adjustment in ending stocks for corn led to a decrease of 10 cents to the season ending average price, now at $6.60 a bushel. 

On Monday, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office requested technical consultations with the Government of Mexico under USMCA.  The consultations, as part of the USMCA Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Chapter, are aimed at Mexico’s ban on genetically modified corn.   “The United ...

New data from USDA’s Economic Research Service shows that between fiscal years 2018 and 2022, Mexico accounted for nearly 14% of all U.S. agricultural exports.  With a total value of $28 billion, Mexico is projected to be the United States’ second largest destination for U.S. agricultural expor...

The Ag economist for the Washington State Department of Agriculture says 2023 is shaping up to be a good year for the farm economy across the Evergreen state.  Madi Roy says the Washington farm economy is fairly stable right now, but many are proceeding with caution.  One of ...

A USDA report on 2022 exports showed higher values and lower volumes last year.  Brian Kuehl, executive director for Farmers for Free Trade, called the results a double-edged sword.   “The inflation has driven up commodity prices, and a lot of that's been driven by the war in Ukraine and by the supply chain disruptions coming out of the pandemic.  So, the good ...