News

RSS

Rainstorms that began Tuesday and, in some cases, lasted through Sunday have devastated communities across the Mid-South, who are dealing with flooded homes and fields.

Removing soybean oil and other seed oils from the food supply would force the food industry to rely heavily on imported palm oil to fill the gap, driving up consumer prices, according to a study funded by the United Soybean Board.

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.

Declines in wheat and hay acreage may be the main drivers behind a decade-long drop in total crop acreage, according to an analysis by a University of Illinois economist.

CropLife America hired Annemarie Pender as senior director of strategic communications. Landus president and CEO Matt Carstens abruptly stepped down on Friday, April 4.

Combest, Sell & Associates hired Sydney Lundberg as a staff economist based in Washington D.C. National Pork Board CEO Bill Even will leave his position on May 1 after nine years leading the organization. John Hendrix was promoted to legislative assistant on the House Agriculture Committee majority staff. 

President Donald Trump tacked on an additional 50% to reciprocal duties applied to Chinese exports just hours before the tariffs were set to take effect. Beijing responded by hiking its own retaliatory duties. 

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be deputy agriculture secretary, Stephen Vaden, sought to assure senators Tuesday that USDA would be a forceful advocate for ensuring that tariff negotiations seek to remove barriers to farm exports.

Talks between the Trump administration and Japan to improve market access for U.S. agriculture and other sectors are already underway and will soon reach a "new level," U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday on the eve of new reciprocal tariffs taking effect.

The Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 to stay a district court order that required the Trump administration to rehire about 16,000 probationary employees at six agencies, including USDA, which already is subject to other orders requiring it to rehire employees.

It’s a packed day on Capitol Hill: The House Agriculture Committee is examining the always-thorny issue of helping Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients find work and the Senate Ag Committee holds a confirmation hearing for two important nominees.