Canadians Pull Out of Talks and Argentinian Beef Imports
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called steep new U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of his country’s goods “a miscalculation” after trade talks with Canada collapsed late Friday.
The new 50% duties went into effect at midnight, and Carney blamed the breakdown on the Trump administration’s “uneconomic” and “unfair” demands.
On Saturday, Carney said they asked too much, and offered too little, so he decided to suspend negotiations with the U.S.
**The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which restricts road construction and certain forest management activities across more than 44 million acres of national forests.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the restrictions have limited efforts to improve forest health and reduce wildfire risks.
Rollins says the proposal would give local forest managers more authority to address conditions based on the needs of individual forests.
**The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association criticized a social media post by President Trump regarding beef imports, saying it could undermine efforts to rebuild the U.S. cattle herd and are contributing to lower cattle prices.
NCBA CEO Colin Woodall says the cattle industry shares the goal of keeping food affordable but argues increasing imports of government-subsidized, below-market beef is not the solution.
Woodall says cattle markets turned sharply lower Friday morning following the announcement.
