Sunday, January 18, 2026

Ag Policy

Don’t expect USDA market reports, ag statistics during government shutdown

Don't look for any type of U.S. Department of Agriculture market reports, ag statistics or supply and demand estimates as long as the government remains shut down. That was the status update the USDA issued Dec. 28, 2018, one of...

LSU economists see strong demand for state’s soybeans

Worldwide demand for U.S. soybeans remains strong in the midst of a trade war, and China still needs America’s soybeans, according to an Louisiana State University AgCenter report on trade tensions with China. “There are, as yet, no signs of...

Soybean tariffs also could hit Mississippi River town economies

China is following through on its threat to implement a 25-percent tariff on U.S. soybean imports, affecting not only the farmers who grow the crop but also the transportation sector that exports it. Half of the top 10 U.S. soybean-producing...

House Ag Committee introduces 2018 Farm Bill draft

House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) has introduced the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, House Resolution 2 — known informally as the 2018 Farm Bill. In releasing the wide-sweeping legislative proposal April 12, Conaway said in a statement,...

Study: U.S. soybean production, exports would fall if China imposes tariffs

Chinese soybean imports from the United States could drop by as much 71 percent if China were to impose trade restrictions on U.S. soybeans in response to U.S. tariffs on Chinese products, according to a study for the U.S. Soybean...

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