# Trade Policy Uncertainty: Lingering Concern for Farmers - Farm Policy News

> Farm Policy News reports rising farmer anxiety over Trump administration trade policy, including NAFTA renegotiation, a proposed border tax adjustment, and withdrawal from the TPP. Articles highlighted risks to California specialty crops, livestock, and row crops in Nebraska and Illinois, with California earning about $21 billion from exports last year.

- Date: 2017-02-07 · published 2017-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72478-trade-policy-uncertainty-lingering-concern-for-farmers-farm-policy-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Uncertainty over NAFTA and border tax proposals threatens US corn, soymeal and livestock export flows to Mexico and Asia, a bearish risk for US feed ingredient prices if trade barriers materialize.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-10-17 | [New US-China Trade War Could Cost Farmers Billions \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27846-new-us-china-trade-war-could-cost-farmers-billions-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2017-06-16 | [U.S. Exports to Mexico Fall as Uncertainty Over Nafta Lingers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70469-u-s-exports-to-mexico-fall-as-uncertainty-over-nafta-lingers.md) | -3.5% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-12-11 | [USDA Trade Data; NAFTA Perspectives from Farm State Senators \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67349-usda-trade-data-nafta-perspectives-from-farm-state-senators-farm-policy-news.md) | +4.7% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [Grain and oilseed prices fall amid trade uncertainty \| 2018-06-26  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8581-grain-and-oilseed-prices-fall-amid-trade-uncertainty-2018-06-26-food-business.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2017-02-19 | [U.S. Corn Exports to Mexico: Will Policy Rhetoric Turn into Concrete Action? - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72530-u-s-corn-exports-to-mexico-will-policy-rhetoric-turn-into-concrete-action-farm.md) | +0.3% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2024-10-17 | [New US-China Trade War Could Cost Farmers Billions \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27846-new-us-china-trade-war-could-cost-farmers-billions-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | +1.8% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2018-04-12 | [Federal Assistance for Farm Trade Impacts \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65505-federal-assistance-for-farm-trade-impacts-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| SOY | 2019-05-30 | [Yen Remains Weak On US-China Trade Uncertainty \| Forex News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59309-yen-remains-weak-on-us-china-trade-uncertainty-forex-news.md) | -0.3% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- farmpolicynews.illinois.edu: https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2017/02/trade-policy-uncertainty-lingering-concern-farmers/

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