Michael Hirtzer

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Michael Hirtzer |Erin Ailworth |Skylar Woodhouse

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.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Hirtzer |Erin Ailworth |Skylar Woodhouse

(Bloomberg) -- 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.

3 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Daniela Sirtori |Rachel Phua |Michael Hirtzer

Gabriel Freeman, left, and Jeff Creswell prepared dishes featuring American products, ranging from Wisconsin trout to Chicago-made chorizo. Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg On a recent weekday morning in downtown Chicago, chefs inside a test kitchen prepared a five-course meal featuring tostada verde with jalapeño Gouda and trout on focaccia. The chefs usually cook these spreads to help customers of Sysco Corp., the largest U.S. restaurant supplier, create or tweak menu items.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Tope Alake |Robert Tuttle |Michael Hirtzer

Wildfire smoke above Highway 97 near Trutch, British Columbia, on May 30. (Bloomberg) -- Wildfires in Canada are threatening the country’s oil supply, while dry weather in the US is pushing initial ratings for corn and wheat to below average. Also down: American soybean and corn exports. The weather is taking its toll, even if artificial intelligence has improved the ability to predict it more accurately.

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Michael Hirtzer |Rachel Phua |Daniela Sirtori

On a recent weekday morning in downtown Chicago, chefs inside a test kitchen prepared a five-course meal featuring tostada verde with jalapeño Gouda and trout on focaccia. The chefs usually cook these spreads to help customers of Sysco, the largest U.S. restaurant supplier, create or tweak menu items. These days, they’re also coaching eateries on substitutes for imported ingredients hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. That’s why the Gouda cheese came from Wisconsin instead of Europe.