Insights and Stories on Donald Trump

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation

Nov. 25, 2024 at 11:03 am CST

U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary

Nov. 25, 2024 at 10:38 am CST

By Reuters

Trump expected to offer Loeffler agriculture secretary role

Nov. 22, 2024 at 4:03 pm CST

By Doina Chiacu Jasper Ward Leah Douglas Reuters

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CBOT Weekly: Pros and cons for U.S. soybeans, corn, wheat

Nov. 20, 2024 at 3:53 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE Canada Weekly: Sideways trading likely until Trump sworn in

Nov. 13, 2024 at 3:01 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Trump trade policy seen as wild card for US soybean farmers, opportunity for crushers

Nov. 13, 2024 at 12:17 pm CST

American farmers are worried that President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans will curb their access to top soy buyer China, but tariffs could also lure companies to build more U.S. crushing plants, hungry for domestic supplies.

By Karl Plume Renee Hickman Reuters

Trump victory puts spotlight on trade

Nov. 7, 2024 at 12:29 pm CST

Trump’s pledges to boost competitiveness and renegotiate the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) as well as the potential to impose trade sanctions could spell difficulties for Canadian producers.

By Jonah Grignon

Trump election could intensify pressures on Canadian agriculture, experts say

Nov. 6, 2024 at 10:43 am CST

The morning after Donald Trump's election to his second term as U.S. president, Canadian farm and food leaders are considering how this could shift trade priorities for Canadian agri-food.

By Jonah Grignon

Global commodity markets react to Trump victory

Nov. 6, 2024 at 9:52 am CST

Commodities from grains, to oil and gas dropped on Wednesday morning as the U.S. dollar rallied and victory for Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election stoked concerns about tariffs and economic growth.

By Reuters

Trump threatens John Deere with 200 per cent tariffs if production moves to Mexico

Sep. 23, 2024 at 4:58 pm CDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would slap a 200 per cent tariff on John Deere's imports into the United States if the agricultural equipment company moved production to Mexico as planned.

By Gram Slattery Kanishka Singh Reuters