# The Farmer's Exchange Online Grain Exports Surging Because of Free Trade Deals

> Free trade agreement partners bought half of U.S. feed grains exports in 2016-17, a record 57.4 million metric tons, up 14 percent year over year. The U.S. has FTAs with 20 countries that take significant corn, sorghum, barley and co-product volumes.

- Date: 2018-02-09 · published 2018-02-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66499-the-farmer-s-exchange-online-grain-exports-surging-because-of-free-trade-deals
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Growing reliance on FTA buyers supports U.S. corn and barley export demand, but the share of global GDP covered remains small, so the effect on prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-10-27 | [After the Bell \| Soybeans surge on trade deal news - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4790-after-the-bell-soybeans-surge-on-trade-deal-news-pro-farmer.md) | +1.4% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2025-04-25 | [Grain transportation demand surges amid strong corn exports \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16460-grain-transportation-demand-surges-amid-strong-corn-exports-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.1% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-02-04 | [Grain exports decline, disrupting its maritime and rail supply chain - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60488-grain-exports-decline-disrupting-its-maritime-and-rail-supply-chain-freightwaves.md) | -1.0% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2019-07-24 | [Mexico Buyer Team Purchases U.S. Feed Grains During Export Exchange 2018 - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58068-mexico-buyer-team-purchases-u-s-feed-grains-during-export-exchange-2018-u-s.md) | -0.4% | -12.0% |
| CORN | 2026-03-01 | [Will Ukraine be able to export all of its grain in 2026?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14133-will-ukraine-be-able-to-export-all-of-its-grain-in-2026.md) | +2.0% | +5.1% |

## Sources

- farmers-exchange.net: http://www.farmers-exchange.net/detailPage.aspx?articleID=17463

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