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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is on Capitol Hill this week and reassured one key senator that he has an appreciation for U.S. agriculture. 

The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, citing the loss of habitat to development, logging and use of herbicides.

Farmer sentiment improved in November, with some producers feeling better about their finances in 2025 and more optimistic that they’ll get relief from regulations, according to the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

USDA’s latest forecast for farm earnings estimates that net farm income will be down 6.3% this year to $140.7 billion, when adjusted for inflation. USDA estimates net cash farm income will be 3.5% lower this year at $158.8 billion.

Some 81% of Farm Service Agency employees are in their offices full-time, and the limited availability of telework has contributed to some extent to recruitment and retention challenges, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

Farmers and ranchers could more than offset their greenhouse gas emissions by implementing conservation practices and emerging technologies, according to a report led by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action and released by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.

Farmers and landowners have until Dec. 2 to return their ballots for Farm Service Agency county committee elections.

Farmer sentiment rose sharply in October as producers expressed more confidence that there won’t be an extended downturn in the farm economy, according to the Purdue University CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

Most Mexican consumers who are familiar with their government’s ban on biotech corn for human consumption support the restriction and are willing to pay significantly higher prices for non-GMO foods, according to a study by University of Arkansas economists.