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The agriculture markets are getting a lift as U.S. trade relations improve with Mexico, one of the largest foreign buyers of American meat and grain.

The investigative arm of I.C.E. led the operation that saw about a dozen businesses and plants raided and 17 business owners and managers indicted for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

In this week’s Boots In The Field Report, Ken Ferrie shares that he has spotted: sudden death, pompous root rot, Stewart’s wilt, aphid colonies in the corn, and gray leaf spot.

President Donald Trump said negotiations with Mexico on a new Nafta are “coming along nicely,” while telling Canada it will have to wait to re-enter the talks to modernize the three-nation trade pact.

Typically the trade sees a 4-bu. corn yield variance in the August WASDE report, reports market analysts from Allendale. The soybean market will be heavily influenced by trade factors.

U.S. farmers will see the first payments of a $12 billion subsidy program designed to shield them from a burgeoning trade war starting in September, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.

President Donald Trump said he may prioritize a bilateral trade deal with Mexico over Canada and that he’s building a good rapport with Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said a plan by the Trump administration to pay $12 billion in relief to U.S. farmers is a stop-gap proposal that “nobody is thrilled about.”

Pres Trump and European Union leaders announced Wednesday they have agreed to work toward “zero tariffs” and “zero subsidies” on non-automobile goods, including buying more US soybeans.

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