USDA glitch affects commodity markets (Investigate Midwest): A delay in the availability of a USDA crop report in early November gave some commodity traders an advantage over others.
South Korea gives U.S. a rice-quota share (USTR): The United States won a share of South Korea’s tariff rate-quota for rice, which will allow annual entry of 132,304 tons of U.S. rice into the country.
Iowa Republicans like tariffs (Des Moines Register): Three-quarters of Republicans in Iowa say they support President Trump’s approach to trade with China and half of them say U.S. tariffs have done more to help Iowa agribusiness than harm it.
Lower house approves U.S.-Japan deal (Reuters): The lower house of the Japanese parliament approved a partial trade pact with the United States, a step toward lower tariffs on U.S. farm goods in 2020.
Ice cream goes to court (Boston Globe): A lawsuit alleges that Ben & Jerry’s has misrepresented how much of its milk is sourced from “happy cows” from humane farms.