Florida Wildfire Warning and China Retaliates
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Florida Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service are urging Floridians to be ready for a potentially busy wildfire season.
www.morningagclips.com reports Florida’s peak wildfire season typically runs April thru June, and the National Interagency Fire Center is predicting “above normal wildfire potential” for Florida this season.
Since January, over 1,000 wildfires have burned over 51,000 acres in Florida.
Visit BeWildfireReadyFL.com to learn how to protect your life, home, and community.
www.morningagclips.com/florida-forest-service-highlight-current-wildfire-conditions-urge-residents-to-be-wildfire-ready/
**China’s Finance Ministry is now imposing a 34% tariff on all U.S. imports.
The Chinese government is calling on the U.S. to immediately cancel its tariff measures and resolve trade differences between the two countries.
The ministry says the now-54% tariffs on Chinese imports are “inconsistent with international trade rules and seriously undermines Chinese interests.”
Bloomberg says it’s over China’s alleged role in the flow of fentanyl into America.
**The USDA says export sales of corn and wheat rose week-to-week during the seven days ending March 27.
Corn sales totaled 1.17 million metric tons, up 13% from the previous week and 6% from the four-week average.
Export sales for the week rose 9% to 1.81 million tons.
Wheat sales jumped to 340,000 metric tons from 100,000 the prior week and were 40% higher than the four-week average.
