By Michael Hirtzer and Erin Ailworth et.al
American farmer sentiment jumped to a four-year high, with growers betting on rising crop exports as the Trump administration pushes for more trade deals from Vietnam to Italy.
Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins said during a visit to Rome on Tuesday that she is working to get Europe to buy more US products including wheat and soybeans. That comes after Vietnam announced deals to buy American grain and the US reached a trade truce with China.
“We talked about getting more of our soybeans, more of our wheat, more of great products from America into Italy and of course across the EU,” Rollins said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “It is time that we move these products and continue to work on the world stage.”
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