Compared to a week ago, trading activity was slow with very light demand. Contract product is moving steady. North Dakota is reporting issues from the weather effecting processing and getting rail cars. The PNW is still getting a winter with more snow in the future forecast. Mexican peso per U.S. dollar exchange rate is 19.3191. View the report here.
Compared to a week ago, trading activity was slow with very light demand. Contract product is moving steady. North Dakota is reporting issues from the weather effecting processing and getting rail cars. The PNW is still getting a winter with more snow in the future forecast. Mexican peso per US dollar exchange rate is 19.1548. View the report.
For the first time, the 2018 Farm Bill allows for the use of USDA Foreign Agricultural Service market promotion funding to conduct export development activities in Cuba. In the past, U.S. agricultural trade organizations have used private funding to promote trade with Cuba.
Despite the fact that many financial and banking restrictions remain in place, this is a win for U.S. agricultural trade. The U.S. Dry Bean Council will conduct an initial market scoping exercise in the second quarter of 2010, with the goal to put together a trade mission to the island in late 2019 or early 2020.
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Compared to a week ago, trading activity was slow with very light demand. Contract product is moving steady. Mexican peso per US dollar exchange rate is 19.1456. View the report. |