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The Phase One trade agreement with China comes with a big promise to purchase close to $40 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products over the next two years. Does this mean the trade war is over? Economists weigh in.

Pro Farmer Policy Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer give analysis for each individual ag commodity impacted by the phase 1 trade deal with China.

“Everyone is suspicious if the house will always win. But I don’t want to be accused of lying about my yields. And I don’t want to be audited by the input company. How will I sleep at night?”

Going forward, Simplot’s customer base is said to be more than 40,000 farmers and its footprint stretches across 240 locations with 4,400 employees and 500 crop advisors.

China didn’t immediately start buying U.S. agricultural good after the Phase One signing. Some analysts say it could take a couple months before significant buys from China are on the books.

“We did it! We did it!” With those words, President Donald Trump launched into an hour-long recap of legislative wins for agriculture in a speech Sunday to delegates at the American Farm Bureau Convention.

We broke the 2020 mega trends down to five key categories. Here are the mega trends for conservation agriculture.

As corn exports continue to disappoint, even if USDA lowers yield, analysts say USDA is likely to reduce export forecasts in Friday’s reports.