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Caleb Ragland is hopeful his boys will have the opportunity to be the 10th generation to carry on the family’s farming roots, but he’s concerned the fallout from trade disruptions, high input costs and low commodity prices could deliver a death blow to that dream.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says one of the challenges the U.S. is dealing with is trying to negotiate agreements with 18 of its biggest trading partners simultaneously. Grassley would like to see a dialed-back strategy used instead.
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to extend its stay on a lower court’s decision that found most of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs illegal.
While the 1,000-page bill includes spending increases for agriculture-facing programs by $56.6 billion over the next decade, there’s one major priority that didn’t make it into the House’s version.
This is biggest investment ADM regional manager Travis Sayers has seen ADM make in St. Louis.
According to the latest USDA data released from the U.S. Meat Export Federation, beef exports to China dropped 70% in April and pork exports fell 35%. With trade talks ongoing, there is optimism for the remainder of the year.
The BRICS countries — led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are actively working to reduce their reliance on the U.S. dollar in international trade, a process known as de-dollarization.
USDA projects a $49.5 billion agricultural trade deficit for fiscal year 2025, nearly double the gap from two years ago.
The third round of disaster aid payments through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is the largest amount appropriated by Congress. USDA Deputy Undersecretary Brooke Appleton says those payments are being prepared now.
The recommendations in the recent report could impose steep economic and environmental costs on U.S. farmers by limiting access to glyphosate and atrazine for weed management.