Will Demand Be Affected By Trade Deals Or Is It Fluff?

IABRN — We have been celebrating the signing of the Phase-One trade deal with China and the passage of the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement out of congress. These were two support pieces we longed to see to help get things turned around in the marketplace, right?   That’s what we have been told. However, is there enough in these trade deals to get us back to a level of prosperity in the agriculture industry, or is it just fluff?

Steve Johnson is a Farm Management Specialist with Iowa State University Extension. He recently spoke with us about where things are as he sees them. The first thing he talked about was how Iowa came out of 2019, and what that did to prices. He also said that domestic demand has been supportive.

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