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Rounds Urges Ag Secretary to Clarify Disaster Assistance Eligibility for Producers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) develop a transparent set of crop insurance requirements for disaster assistance programs. This request comes after ambiguous guidance in previous programs required producers to return a portion of disaster assistance payments.…
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Poll: Do You Agree With President Trump’s Use of Tariffs?
Take Our Poll: Do You Agree With President Trump’s Use of Tariffs? Agweb Powered by Farm Journal
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Innovative FEED Act introduced in US House
Innovative FEED Act introduced in US House World Grain
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EPA Plans to Cut Scientific Research Program, Could Fire More Than 1,000 Employees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants. As many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists — 75% of the research program’s staff…
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US judge blocks Trump’s EPA from clawing back climate grants
US judge blocks Trump’s EPA from clawing back climate grants Yahoo
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NOPA Urges USDA to Strengthen CSA Rule to Support U.S. Oilseed Farmers & Biofuel Growth
NOPA Urges USDA to Strengthen CSA Rule to Support U.S. Oilseed Farmers & Biofuel Growth Farms.com
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Rollins says USDA’s plan to address HPAI is working
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the work the Trump administration is doing to address highly pathogenic avian influenza is working. “The market reacted very positively to being bold and to having a big plan to investing where it matters, in biosecurity especially,” she says. “We’ve seen the prices come down in the wholesale market 44%…
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AFBF: An Update on the Latest Tariff Situation with Canada and China
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — After a flurry of moves and countermoves from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and China, several tariffs and retaliatory tariffs are in place. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Betty Resnick has an update on the current state of play. “We now have an additional 20 percent tariff on all Chinese products, and that…
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Evers berates White House as cutbacks in USDA local food programs concern farmers
Evers berates White House as cutbacks in USDA local food programs concern farmers AOL
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President Trump Issues Proclamation Honoring National Agriculture Day
President Trump Issues Proclamation Honoring National Agriculture Day Tampa Free Press
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Durbin Joins Schiff, Senate Democrats In Demanding USDA Reverse $1 Billion In Canceled Local Food Purchases For Schools, Farmers
Durbin Joins Schiff, Senate Democrats In Demanding USDA Reverse $1 Billion In Canceled Local Food Purchases For Schools, Farmers RiverBender.com
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Secretary Rollins Celebrated Farmers and Ranchers on National Agriculture Day
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins released the following message in recognition of National Agriculture Day to honor the farmers, ranchers, and producers who feed, fuel, and clothe the world: “Today on National Agriculture Day, we recognize the people who make it all possible. The farmers, the ranchers, and the producers who dedicate their lives to…
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Soybean Farmers Converge on the Capitol
PRINCETON, Ky. — Kentucky soybean farmer-leaders were in Frankfort March 11 to serve a pulled pork lunch to anyone who works in the Capitol, all while educating about the many uses of soy and soy components. Fred Sipes of Meade County and Barry Alexander of Trigg County were all smiles as they served BBQ pulled…
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Thompson, Boozman Applaud USDA’s Actions to Operate at Increased Line Speeds
WASHINGTON, DC — House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement after USDA’s announcement to allow pork and poultry producers to operate at increased line speeds: “This is great news for American meat and poultry companies that continuously lead food and worker safety…
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Optimism Remains For a Farm Bill in 2025 Amid a Down Farm Economy
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Despite a packed agenda for legislators on Capitol Hill this year, the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee remains optimistic that a new five-year Farm Bill will get completed in 2025 to help producers struggling with a down farm economy. “The farm bill is right at the very top for so many…
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TFI Applauds Trump Action on Fertilizers
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) praised President Donald Trump for signing an Executive Order (EO) that continues his long-standing recognition for the importance of fertilizers to farmers and the overall U.S. agriculture economy. The President’s action ensures that Canadian and Mexican imports of fertilizers meeting USMCA preference status will be subject to no duty while this…
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Rollins: Aid to Hurricane Helene Victims is On the Way
Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged last week, but delays are already making it hard this year for some farmers to plant crops. Congress set a deadline of March 21 to hand out the money when it passed a…
