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Saturday, April 12, 2025
Chicken producers have shown an increased willingness globally to use sorghum rather than corn in their feed to save on costs, demonstrating sorghum’s potential to be an alternative feed source, according to USDA economists.
Beijing announced on Friday it would slap 34% tariffs on all imports from the U.S. beginning next week in response to President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs.
Corn, sorghum, soybean and wheat exports are heavily dependent on markets that are headed for population decline over the next 25 years, according to a new report by Terrain.
Across the biofuel industry, some sectors are optimistic the Biden administration's framework for the key 45Z tax credit will boost clean fuel production and support farmers. However, the proposals are not a slam-dunk, and groups are preparing to continue advocacy with the new Trump team.
USDA is making it easier for growers to qualify for a new biofuel tax credit by increasing the number of eligible crops and climate-smart farming practices and dropping a bundling requirement.
Texas farmers will receive about 10% of the $9.7 billion in market relief payments that Congress authorized in its year-end funding bill, according to a University of Missouri analysis. Iowa, Illinois and Kansas will collectively receive another 25% of the total.
A raft of new trade and development deals inked by the Chinese and Brazilian governments on Wednesday, including agreements to boost several agriculture exports, indicates that Beijing is preparing for a Trump presidency, according to analysts.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to use USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation spending authority to provide $1 billion in additional food assistance overseas, a move requested by leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee last year.
USDA has decided to reduce the kind of data farmers must provide through the department's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative due to concerns the information requirements could limit producer participation.
