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While the U.S. pork industry has grown significantly in the past two decades, producers have struggled to make a profit in recent years. Industry leaders are looking for new markets abroad and at home.

A Vietnamese delegation signed five memoranda of understanding to purchase more U.S. soy, corn, pork and other agricultural products at the Iowa State Capitol Monday. The non-binding agreements come among ongoing trade talks between the U.S. and Vietnam.

Commodity and producer groups are calling on the Trump administration to negotiate with trade partners and find new markets amid escalating tariffs and retaliation.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins made her first official visit to Iowa since her appointment by President Donald Trump. It came just days before President Trump has promised to roll out more tariffs.

Incoming president Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on products from countries such as China, Mexico and Canada. Many economists and commodity groups say these import taxes could boomerang and harm U.S. agriculture.

Touting its long history and cultural significance, Mexico’s president says genetically modified corn has no place in his country. That puts Mexico and the U.S. on a collision course over a major trade agreement.

The farmer cooperative that runs the northernmost port along the Missouri River says it’s happy with how the facility has performed in its first shipping season.

A new facility for barge traffic has opened along the Missouri River in western Iowa.

Ag messaging is likely to coin a new catchphrase as the Biden administration settles in.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is scheduled to derecho damage in central Iowa on Thursday.