Return of Duty-Free Access for U.S. Beef in the U.K.
For the first time in five years, duty-free shipments of U.S. beef are on the way to the United Kingdom. The first products arrived last month after the UK created a 13,000 metric ton duty-free quota for U.S. beef. Dan Halstrom is the president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation. He said U.S. beef faced a disad...
Now is the Right Time for Cattle Producers to Make a Succession Plan
Farm and ranch families across the country are beginning to realize that succession planning can't wait any longer. Dr. Shannon Ferrell, an agricultural economist at Oklahoma State University, said with cattle markets strong, now is a great time to think about succession planning. "I think people are saying, all r...
How Dependent are Brazil and the U.S. on Fertilizer Imports?
The Iran war is negatively impacting the world's fertilizer markets, and countries that rely on others for most of their fertilizer imports are getting hit the hardest. Two of those countries are the United States and Brazil. Joanna Colussi, a research assistant professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University,...
New RVO Numbers are Good News for U.S. Soybean Farmers
The biodiesel and renewable diesel industry recently got some good news with the 2026 and 2027 Renewable Volume Obligations of more than six billion gallons. Donnell Rehagen, CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America, said that's quite a jump from the previous RVOs. "Now, to put that into some perspective, the volume ob...
Survey: Rising Prices Impacting Consumer Choices
A recent survey about consumer buying trends shows that rising prices are playing into food purchasing decisions. The survey was conducted by the Stratovation Group in partnership with food and agriculture communications agency Inspire. Kenny Kuhn is vice-president of insights at Stratovation. "Over half of these ...
Lindberg: USDA Ag Trade Deficit Down 42 Percent
The USDA announced that America's agricultural trade deficit had dropped by 42 percent. Luke Lindberg, USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, said the trend has begun to turn ag trade in a much-needed new direction. "Big news, right? So, the United States has historically benefited from ha...
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday, April 28th
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. Wheat jumped higher Monday, as the forecast models are backing off the moisture totals for the very drought-parched U.S. Plains. That helped pull corn along with it. The rains in the Eastern Corn...
Year-Round E15 Amendment Introduced in House Farm Bill
The House of Representatives Rural Domestic Energy Council introduced an amendment to the House Farm Bill that would allow permanent year-round E15 sales in the U.S. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor applauded the amendment. "This landmark, bipartisan solution for year-round E15 would unlock new options at the pump, sa...
Callahan: Tariffs Have Brought Trade "Wins" for U.S. Agriculture
One year after President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, a key member of his trade team said it's a win for agriculture, even as other experts signal continued uncertainty. U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator Julie Callahan spoke virtually to the University of Nebraska's Yeutter Institute. Callahan told the ...
Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Friday, April 24th
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540. Still hard to tell if the war in Iran is ramping up or winding down. One minute Vice President JD Vance is on the way and will arrive in Pakistan for talks, and the next minute he has not left ye...