For Immediate Release Contact:
Elizabeth Rivera | 202-547-7800 | erivera@wheatworld.org
NAWG Reacts to Ruveon Withdrawing Request for Tariffs on Chinese Glyphosate Products
Washington, D.C. (July 17, 2026) – Today, Ruveon announced it will withdraw its petition with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) requesting countervailing duties on glyphosate products imported from China following feedback from stakeholders across the U.S. agriculture industry. In response, National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) CEO Sam Kieffer issued the following statement:
“This is welcome news at a time when America’s wheat farmers are already facing extreme financial pressures from factors beyond their control, including inflation and geopolitical disruptions that have driven up the cost of planting, growing, and harvesting wheat. We appreciate that Ruveon listened to farmers and made a course correction to pull back their request seeking trade barriers that would have likely increased farmers’ costs while wheat farmers are already facing the fourth straight year of losing money on every acre of wheat.
“Farmers, more than most people, understand good years and bad years; but we urge Ruveon to remember the sharp response they received from farmers in the last few weeks and refrain from extreme, upward price swings in the future. We don’t begrudge input providers for seeking a return on their investment, but we also expect fairness and transparency in the marketplace.”
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