PRO FARMER
Brazil’s Mato Grosso farmers lobby Aprosoja-MT has filed a lawsuit against global grain companies over Brazil’s so-called “soy moratorium.”
China’s top planning officials said Monday the country’s grain supply remains secure even without U.S. feed grain and oilseed imports.
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) urged the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to issue clearer regulatory guidance on the revised “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.
The swift escalation of trade tensions and extremely high levels of policy uncertainty are expected to have a significant impact on global economic activity.
Vice President JD Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed significant progress in talks for an early trade deal between the two countries.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) bluntly stated, “There will be no farm bill if SNAP is gutted.”
Biofuels producer LanzaJet voiced concerns that potential Trump administration tariffs on Brazilian ethanol could significantly increase the cost of domestically produced sustainable avian fuel (SAF).
Farmdoc daily reports that Brazil’s rapid expansion of corn-based ethanol production is transforming the country’s domestic corn market, sharply boosting internal consumption and potentially curbing future exports.
The disaster aid framework is expected to be more farmer friendly versus the bewildering approach taken by the Biden administration.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are calling on USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins to broaden USDA’s response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).