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USDA forecasts prices for all food will rise 3.2% this year.
These leaders will oversee programs vital to disaster relief, risk management, and conservation efforts.
A proposed government trade policy aimed at boosting U.S. shipbuilding could significantly increase costs for grain shippers.
The anticipation of tariffs led U.S. buyers to stockpile Canadian potash.
President Trump’s plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ships visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell.
EPA announced 31 moves to repeal environmental protections.
USDA is nearing its March 21 deadline to open applications for $10 billion in economic assistance approved by Congress in December.
The Meat Institute highlighted concerns over unfair trade practices that hinder industry growth.
A bipartisan group of senators urged USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday to speed up the distribution of $20 billion in disaster relief.
Dr. Vince Malanga, President of LaSalle Economics, says that fortunately, the budget resolution passed the House by the narrowest of margins. However, he notes the Senate version is significantly different.