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Council Reacts To New Trade Deal With European Union

The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is encouraged to hear that a trade deal between the U.S and the European Union (EU) was announced today by President Trump and the White House.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the EU will purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy, including ethanol.

Although the EU threatened 25% and 30% tariffs on U.S. corn and U.S. sorghum, respectively, early in the negotiations, reports also say the EU has agreed to zero tariffs on some ag products, but the EU has not provided a list of specific commodities at this time.

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A chain harrow is a game changer

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Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

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