New Commodity and Product Futures Contracts
The bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act is an important step in converting US ag from an emitter to a carbon creditor. Ag carbon credit auctions also offer the prospect of …
See you in Lusaka!
We want to see you in Lusaka this upcoming September! GIC is host for all the ag portion of the summit and the expo. The COMESA conference will feature strategic …
See Reuters on Ag to China
“The devil is in the details!” See Reuters story on China’s purchase commitments of US ag products: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/chinas-market-condition-caveat-on-u-s-ag-purchases-adds-to-trade-deal-doubts-idUSKBN1ZE2QE
China-US Trade Deal, USMCA in the News
A blitz of news this week—China-US trade deal/Phase I signed; USMCA passed and yet corn, wheat, soybean, cattle, and hog futures prices all down today. Why? Maybe the deals alone aren’t …
China Food Safety Focus
Great news to see China’s Belt and Road Eco-Agriculture and Food Safety Forum focusing this year on new technologies for food safety tracing and e-commerce, the fastest growing retail grocery …
Horns of a Dilemma #6
Thanks to the US-Sino trade war, there will be more humanitarian food aid. But wait—will it all go to Yemeni and Venezuelan refugees or will it be one shot deliveries …
Horns of a Dilemma #3
Horns of a dilemma #3: Expectations of China’s imminent renewed heavy purchasing of US commodities vs Perdue U. Ag Economy Barometer shows US ag farmers’ declining optimism for US commodity …
