Insights and Stories on United States

Soybeans to gain, corn to lose U.S. acres, USDA report predicts

Mar. 31, 2022 at 4:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — More soybean acres are projected to be seeded in the United States this year, while fewer corn acres will be planted according to a report that has surprised analysts. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its survey-based Prospective Plantings report on Thursday and the projected acreage numbers […]

JBS says U.S. domestic and international businesses to remain strong

Mar. 22, 2022 at 12:17 pm CDT

By Reuters

CF Industries boosts U.S. fertilizer shipments as Russian exports cut

Mar. 16, 2022 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

With fertilizer costs high and seed scarce, U.S. farmers turn to soy

Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:38 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen Mark Weinraub

Windsor-Detroit trade corridor reopens after police clear protesters

Feb. 14, 2022 at 2:16 pm CST

By Chris Helgren David Morgan Kayla Tarnowski

U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to ease border protest disruption

Feb. 10, 2022 at 9:38 pm CST

Windsor/Washington | Reuters — Canada should use federal powers to ease the growing economic disruption caused by the blockage of a vital U.S.-Canada trade route by protesters opposed to coronavirus mandates, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday. The closure of the Ambassador Bridge, North America’s busiest international land […]

By Carlos Osorio Ismail Shakil Steve Holland

More government action likely as border blockades hit trade

Feb. 10, 2022 at 11:50 am CST

Reuters — The shutdown of a vital U.S.-Canada trade route is knocking out automakers’ operations as the business impact from the two-week-old protests against Canada’s pandemic measures ramp up pressure on authorities to quell the demonstrations. The protests started as a “Freedom Convoy” occupying downtown Ottawa, opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate […]

By David Shepardson Ismail Shakil

Canada, U.S. fear economic damage from border crossing protest

Feb. 9, 2022 at 4:37 pm CST

Windsor/Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — Truckers blocking U.S-Canada border crossings risk hurting the auto industry and agriculture, the White House said on Wednesday as Ottawa urged an end to the 13-day demonstration against coronavirus mandates. After nearly two years of pandemic measures in many countries, opposition has sprung up in different […]

By Blair Gable Carlos Osorio Jarrett Renshaw

P.E.I. potato exports cleared for Puerto Rico

Feb. 8, 2022 at 8:29 pm CST

A U.S. territory with an appetite for Canadian potatoes and no commercial potato production to speak of will be able to resume imports of table stock potatoes from Prince Edward Island starting Wednesday. The resumption of exports to Puerto Rico, announced Tuesday, is a spot of good news for the […]

By Dave Bedard

Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts

Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:20 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Protests in Canada against vaccine mandates have disrupted two key U.S. border crossings, and are snarling hundreds of millions of dollars daily of trade, ranging from cattle to car parts. Demonstrations who at first demanded an end to federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers […]

By Julie Gordon Rod Nickel

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