All-American Pumpkins and Imported Beef Important
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson and this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Native to North America, pumpkins are truly an all-American crop, one of the continent's oldest cultivated plants and a symbol of fall.
In 2021, nearly 94 million people planned to carve pumpkins.
Pumpkins are grown across the country on more than 68,000 acres, producing roughly 1.4 billion pounds in 2024.
Illinois is by far the top pumpkin producing state with 90% of its crop going to pie filling and canned products.
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**Clean Fuels Alliance America wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer asking him to close a loophole in the administration’s Reciprocal Tariffs.
Under the Executive Order, diesel and renewable diesel are both exempted from reciprocal tariffs under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
The letter states, this loophole invites duty-free access to the United States for imported renewable diesel, putting U.S. biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel producers at a competitive disadvantage.
**Dr. Derrell Peel, a livestock economist at Oklahoma State University, says despite some U.S. beef producers’ dislike of importing beef, imports play an important role in meeting consumer demand.
Peel told the Radio Oklahoma Network, those animals produce thousands of different products, but that mix of products doesn’t always match what beef consumers prefer.
Peel says Argentina’s contribution to U.S. beef is small, about 2.1% of our total beef imports.
