Congressman Jim Hagedorn spoke with farmers and commodity groups during a panel at a New Ulm dairy farm as part of Farmers for Free Trade’s whistle stop tour to promote the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). “I’m voting for USMCA and am excited for an agreement,” Hagedorn told the audience. “Minnesota farmers produce the …
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Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council (MSR&PC) CEO Tom Slunecka participated this week in the first-ever USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) agricultural trade mission to Taipei, Taiwan. Slunecka was joined by nearly 50 U.S. agribusinesses and commodity groups, respectively, led by FAS Administrator Ken Isley. The delegation explored how to continue increasing agriculture exports, notably …
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In late August, Minnesota Soybean Director of Market Development Kim Nill met with a a group of 30 international guests representing buyers from developing nations interested in increasing purchases of U.S. soy. The delegation visited the farm of Scott Gillespie near Johnson, Minn. They were all students at INTSOY, a longstanding soy checkoff-supported shortcourse at …
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details regarding actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald J. Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a short-term relief strategy to protect agricultural producers while the Administration works on …
Potential trade war looming, China remains tops importer of Minnesota soybeans Despite the potential threat of a trade war with the largest importer of U.S. soybeans, a major Chinese ag commodity importer traveled to three different Minnesota farms earlier this week to learn more about Minnesota soybean production, and its ongoing benefits to the food …
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Following China’s announcement of a proposed 25 percent tariff on imported U.S. soybeans, the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA) is expressing its extreme displeasure about the escalation of a trade war with the largest customer of U.S. soybeans, and calling on the White House to reconsider the tariffs that led to this retaliation.