Alabama Ag in the Classroom and U.S. China Tensions Cost Exports
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Dozens of Alabama educators are ready to grow, thanks to a free, fun, informative workshop hosted by Alabama Ag in the Classroom.
The annual event held June 11-13 in Mobile equipped teachers, Extension agents and homeschool parents with resources they’ll implement in classrooms.
Before leaving Mobile, each teacher loaded more than $500 worth of books, posters and educational guides into their cars.
AITC Summer Institute applications close April 15 annually. Learn more at AlabamaAITC.org.
https://alfafarmers.org/teachers-learn-to-add-ag-to-their-classrooms/
**U.S. - China tensions and the resulting tariffs cost U.S. farmers $2 billion in lost exports this year.
A North Dakota State University study says the lost sales to China far surpass modest gains elsewhere.
From January to April, agricultural exports to China contracted by over $5 billion, up to 55% lower than last year.
U.S. ag exports to South Asia, the E.U., and Central America climbed by 43, 39, and 24%, respectively.
**Reuters says farmers cut some losses early this year across the U.S. Wheat Belt.
Many farmers chose to bale the wheat into hay, plow some fields under, or turn them over to grazing animals.
The Great Plains are home to much of the U.S.-grown hard red winter wheat crop, but with prices around $5 a bushel, wheat farmers are faced with losing money or killing off their crops.
