China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks
Source: Reuters
Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang met political and business leaders from the U.S. Midwest, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday, with analysts speculating the region's food exports will be key to any U.S.-China trade deal.
Update released on six-state study of on-farm soil health, water, manure
Source: Dairy Management Inc.
The Dairy Soil & Water Regeneration project team has released their latest progress update. Fifty-two dairy farms in Wisconsin were among dozens from across the U.S. that participated in an early phase of the eight-year project, which was initiated by Dairy Management Inc. and is in its fifth year. UW-Madison and UW-Platteville are among eight institutions now conducting field trials on research farms and commercial dairies.
Midwestern dairy businesses can prepare now to apply for a total of approximately $3 million across two direct-to-business grant programs offered by the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance (DBIA), opened August 4. The funding will be available to small- to medium-sized dairy farmers, manufacturers, and processors in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Romanski becomes President of Midwestern Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Source: DATCP
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Randy Romanski is now President of the Midwestern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (MASDA). Romanski became the President at a meeting held during the 2025 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Annual Meeting in Arkansas in September.
In an article earlier this year, I asked the question whether the U.S. could export its way out of the glut of cream that had filled the market. I posited that while it would take a while for U.S. exports to start growing in earnest due to the high cost of entry for first-time exporters, the market signals were such that the U.S. would inevitable need to sell more butterfat overseas.
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