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Mexico continues to be great trade partner for U.S.

By |October 30, 2019|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Dairy & Eggs, Fruit & Fruit Concentrates, Livestock & Poultry, Market Trends, Sugar, Sweeteners, Wheat|Tags: , , , , |

U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico grew over 32 percent from 2009 to 2018, per USDA. In 2018, Mexico was the top export destination for [...]

Raisin production is falling despite last year’s gain

By |October 29, 2019|Categories: Fruit & Fruit Concentrates|Tags: , , |

California raisin production increased 17 percent (in terms of handled volume) in 2018 from 2017’s small volume but was down 7-10 percent from more [...]

Fallout from USDA’s move out of Washington

By |October 25, 2019|Categories: Corn & Soy Complex, Dairy & Eggs, Ethanol, Livestock & Poultry, Sugar, Wheat|Tags: , , , , |

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NAFA) and the Economic Research Service (ERS) have each lost between 50 and 75 percent of their [...]

Amendments to Sugar Suspension Agreements ordered vacated

By |October 24, 2019|Categories: Sugar|Tags: , , , , |

In a ruling earlier this month, a Court of International Trade judge ordered that the 2017 amendments to the U.S.-Mexico Suspension Agreements be vacated. [...]

Cooler fall temps as dairy herd shows signs of recovery

By |October 23, 2019|Categories: Dairy & Eggs, Livestock & Poultry|Tags: , , , , , , |

Dairy data releases in the last two weeks included some encouraging signs of herd recovery and bearish stocks numbers. Last Monday’s USDA Milk Production [...]

AJC stocks rose in August despite import slowdown

By |October 22, 2019|Categories: Fruit & Fruit Concentrates|Tags: , , , , , , |

The U.S. imported just 21.6 million single-strength-equivalent gallons of apple juice in August, an extremely low volume for the month. The five-year average for [...]