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(NAFB)- Farm export and import values fell most of this year (2023), reversing increases in both in 2022. Last...

Last year inflation and higher values led to increases in both export and import numbers. USDA Economist Bart Kenner tells USDA Radio that 2023 has seen a different trend through

U.S. farm exports and imports are slowing, based on USDA’s latest projections.

U.S. farm exports and imports are slowing based on USDA’s latest projections. The final figures aren’t in yet for the fiscal year that ended last month, but USDA Economist Bart

U.S. farm exports and imports are slowing based on USDA’s latest projections. The final figures aren’t in yet for the fiscal year that ended last month, but USDA Economist Bart Kenner says farm exports will likely be down. Kenner says U.S. exports have some ground to make up to meet the projection. That comes after […]

The trade tides are turning and the U.S. is expected to import more agricultural goods than export this year. As it stands, we are looking at a $700 million deficit, which is expected to grow to $17 billion by the end of the year. USDA Economist Bart Kenner explains it has to do with the strong value of the dollar.

On Wednesday, the USDA released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, a quarterly report from the Department's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) a

Economists are warning U.S. ag products will not be as competitive with other countries this year and it is all because of the strong dollar. They say ag exports for October through March, fiscal year 2023 or $100.2 billion are down 1 percent from 101.6 billion this time last year.

On Tuesday, the USDA released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, a quarterly report from the Department’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and Economic Research Service (ERS).  Today’s update includes highlights from the report, which was coordinated by Bart Kenner, Hui Jiang, Dylan Russell and James Kaufman.

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