New USDA Sterile Fly Facility Will Combat Screwworm
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans on Wednesday to open a sterile fly dispersal facility in Hidalgo County, Texas, as part of the country's effort to fight the encroachment…
ICE Reverses Exemption of Ag from Immigration Raids
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday told staff that it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants.
ICE Ordered to Pause Immigration Raids on Ag Businesses
President Donald Trump's administration has directed immigration officials to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, restaurants and meatpacking plants, according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters, a senior Trump…
EPA Likely to Propose RFS Volumes Below Industry Expectations
The EPA will propose new biofuel blending requirements for oil refiners for the coming two years that will likely include a lower biomass-based diesel mandate than industry groups had requested,…
Immigration Raids Targeting Ag Businesses Increase
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are starting to more aggressively target agriculture and food processing facilities around the country as reports over the past week from (Nebraska), New Mexico and…
Chinese Nationals Arrested for Smuggling Crop Pathogen Into US
Two Chinese nationals were arrested for allegedly smuggling a pathogen into the U.S. that is known to be destructive to corn, wheat, rice and barley crops.
FSA to Require DOGE Approval for Larger Loans
Reuters' Leah Douglas and P.J. Huffstutter reported that "farm loan…
US Imposes Slightly Eased Port Fees on Chinese Ships
Agri-Pulse's Oliver Ward reported this past week that "starting in…
Bayer CEO Warns that Company May Stop Making Roundup
The Wall Street Journal's Patrick Thomas reported that "Roundup’s time…
Proposed US Port Fees on China Ships Already Hitting Ag Exports
Reuters Lisa Baertlein, Karl Plume and Timothy Gardner reported Wednesday…
Trump EPA to Again Rewrite WOTUS Rule
Progressive Farmer's Chris Clayton reported that "for the fourth time…
EU Exploring Import Restrictions That Could Include US Soy
The Financial TImes' Andy Bounds reported this past Sunday that…
USDA Freezes Conservation, Other Direct Farmer Funding
Reuters' P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas reported Saturday that "the…
Ogallala Aquifer Dropped More Than a Foot in Kansas in 2024
The Kansas Reflector's Allison Kite reported Tuesday that "aquifer levels…
FTC Sues John Deere Over Right to Repair
Reuters' Leah Douglas and Jonathan Stempel reported Wednesday that "the…
Foreign Ownership of Ag Land Grew 1.6 Million Acres in 2023
Foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States increased…
Two Judges Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger
The Cincinnati Enquirer's Alexander Coolidge reported Tuesday that "two judges, one…
Biden Admin Expects to Finalize 45Z Tax Credit
Progressive Farmer's Todd Neeley reported Tuesday afternoon that "the Biden…
FTC Investigating John Deere Over ‘Right To Repair’
Reuters' Jody Godoy reported at the end of this past…
Judge blocks Biden rule on H-2A workers unionizing
Reuters' Daniel Wiessner reported Tuesday that "a federal judge in…