Where are we with China and Trade?

Questions continue to circulate in the ag trade: What’s the latest on negotiations with China, and how are current soybean exports performing? Many are also asking why soybean basis levels have been improving so much at crush
Largest Working Ranch Donation in Montana History

MALTA, MT – When it comes to defining his family legacy, Dale Veseth is unwavering: Veseth Cattle Co. will remain a working ranch that strengthens opportunities for local ranchers, champions education and community-led conservation, and upholds Montana’s
USDA Plan and Import Debate Put U.S. Beef Industry at Center of Growing Political and Market Tensions

USDA announced Wednesday afternoon its new action plan “to strengthen the American beef industry, reinforcing and prioritizing the American rancher’s critical role in the national security of the United States.” The timing of the announcement coincides with
Imported Beef Debate Reignites Battle Over U.S. Origin Labeling

Ten years after Congress stripped away mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef, the issue has resurfaced at the center of a political, economic, and philosophical clash over who benefits—and who loses—in the modern cattle industry. Lawmakers and rancher
Smith: Beef Industry Needs Certainty

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement calling on the Trump administration to advance policies which support American beef producers and consumers. “The hardworking families who raise cattle in Nebraska and all across our
Clean Fuels Asks USTR to Close Reciprocal Tariff Loophole on Imported Renewable Diesel

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America wrote U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, asking him to close a loophole in the administration’s Reciprocal Tariff regime. Under President Trump’s Executive Order 14257 Annex II, diesel and renewable