cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"It could break us": Valley farmer says Chinese tariffs have crushed the alfalfa export marketwww.abc15.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareGranbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIf I recall, moat of it went to Saudi Arabia?
minus-squarexploit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoNot quite, well at least not for the US as a whole, but could be different for California/Arizona specifically if anyone has the numbers? As for US, China exports were still about the same as next two countries combined, so by far the largest market. Good riddance anyway. Source: https://hayandforage.com/article-5229-Hay-exports-flatlined-in-2024.html
minus-squareGranbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoEverything you never wanted to know. The price was too good. https://www.azfb.org/Article/Understanding-the-Economics-of-Arizona-Alfalfa
If I recall, moat of it went to Saudi Arabia?
Not quite, well at least not for the US as a whole, but could be different for California/Arizona specifically if anyone has the numbers?
As for US, China exports were still about the same as next two countries combined, so by far the largest market. Good riddance anyway. Source: https://hayandforage.com/article-5229-Hay-exports-flatlined-in-2024.html
Everything you never wanted to know. The price was too good. https://www.azfb.org/Article/Understanding-the-Economics-of-Arizona-Alfalfa
Why can’t China grow alfalfa?