Canada Seeking Buy American Exemptions
(NAFB) – The new North American trade agreement, the USMCA, updated a number of problematic issues in the old NAFTA agreement. But an area that continues to be murky relates to government procurement contracts involving foreign suppliers.
Bullard Reacts to High Beef Import Numbers
(NAFB) – The Department of Agriculture is out with its December cattle and beef trade data, meaning a full view of 2020 is now possible. Imports of beef are continuing to soar, with an all-time high of
Ethanol Production Rebounds from Recent Collapse
(NAFB) – Ethanol production rebounded last week, according to data from the Energy Information Administration and the Renewable Fuels Association. For the week ending February 26, ethanol production scaled up 29.0 percent following the prior week lull,
FAO Food Price Index Rising for Nine Straight Months
(NAFB) – The Monthly Food Price Index averaged 116.0 points in February 2021, 2.4 percent higher than January, marking the ninth month of consecutive rise. The index by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reached its
Secretary of State Blinken Puts Jobs at Home, Climate First, Over FTAs
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NAFB) – The pieces of the Biden Administration’s trade and foreign policy agenda are starting to fall into place, at least conceptually as laid out by Secretary of State Tony Blinken in his maiden speech
Friday, March 5th Weather
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM FOR FOSTER, STUTSMAN, LAMOURE AND DICKEY COUNTIES SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY: AREAS OF FOG AND HAZE EARLY,
Commodity Classic South American and Russian Forecasts Turning Drier
(NAFB) – La Niña is affecting the major crop-growing regions of South America. Bryce Anderson, the senior ag meteorologist with DTN, gave a presentation on the weather during this year’s virtual Commodity Classic. The soybean crop year