U.S. Ag exports expected to fall $12 billion. Ag Minute For June 10, 2015

UISDA trade analysts are expecting a $12 billion year-over-year decline in U.S. Ag exports in FY 2015, primarily due to the strong U.S. dollar. Click here for full story.

Mexican trucking pilot expires - AgMinute for October 15, 2014

A three-year pilot program of allowing Mexican trucks to deliver goods in the United States has expired and the Department of Transportation has not said what's next. Click here for the full story

U.S. imposed duties on Mexican sugar - AgMinute for August 28, 2014

The U.S. government has made a preliminary decision to impose duties on imported Mexican sugar, in response to complaints by U.S. sugar producers. Click here for the full story

Russia: ‘Nyet’ to food imports from West - AgMinute for August 7, 2014

The ban, announced by a somber Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a televised Cabinet meeting, covers all imports of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, milk and milk products from the U.S., the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway. It will last for one year. Click here for the full story

Mexico to lift fresh U.S. potato barrier - AgMinute for March 21, 2014

Mexico has published the final rule of a regulation to allow fresh U.S. potato imports throughout the country. Click here for the full story

Chinese dairy imports push up prices - AgMinute for January 7, 2014

China's milk-production crisis and its insatiable need for milk powder has kept global dairy prices elevated for the past six months, following the price hikes resulting from a drought in New Zealand last spring. Elevated prices are expected to continue until world milk production grows to meet demand. Click here for the full story