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Swampbuster comments seek clarification for growers

02/06/19 6:40 AM By Steve Davies

Farm and environmental groups agree the Natural Resources Conservation Service needs to review and revise new Swampbuster regulations. Where they disagree is on the substance of those changes.

Eastern monarch numbers up significantly in 2018

02/06/19 6:36 AM By Steve Davies

The number of Eastern monarch butterflies spending the winter in Mexico has more than doubled, pleasing groups seeking to restore habitat for the iconic insect.

Conservation districts cultivating their urban profile

02/06/19 6:30 AM By Ed Maixner

The urban side of soil and water conservation is becoming a major player at the National Association of Conservation Districts' annual conventions.

Pollinator promoters proliferating

02/06/19 6:26 AM By Ed Maixner

The Bee & Butterfly Habitat fund is just a tad of pollinator enhancement efforts across the country, but it's already helping landowners seed bee and butterfly habitat in 12 states.

Big changes ahead in land ownership and farm operators?

02/05/19 12:41 PM By Ed Maixner and Sara Wyant

Dig into U.S. farmland tenure to see what’s happening and what’s likely for the future, and Carson Futch’s 87-year-old dad, Alvin, is very typical.

Bernhardt tapped by Trump to head Interior

02/04/19 5:13 PM By Steve Davies

President Donald Trump says he plans to nominate acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt to lead the agency.

USDA confirms sale of soybeans to China

02/04/19 11:53 AM By Bill Tomson

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service confirmed a sale of 612,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans to China for the 2018-19 marketing year.

Agri-Pulse adds Brad Hooker in Sacramento

02/04/19 9:44 AM By Agri-Pulse staff

Agri-Pulse Communications is expanding with the opening of a news bureau in Sacramento, Calif., led by Brad Hooker.

Washington Week Ahead: Trump talks to nation, EPA nominee set to advance

02/03/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

President Donald Trump makes his case to the nation this week for his trade and immigration policies, while Senate Republicans look to advance Anthony Wheeler’s nomination to be administrator of the EPA.

China follows through with soybean purchases

02/01/19 4:24 PM By Bill Tomson

China is following through on Vice Premier Liu He's pledge at the White House to buy more U.S. soybeans.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Chuck Conner, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

This week’s Open Mic guest is Chuck Conner, president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Conner suggests the nation’s farmer owned cooperatives are well stocked as producers prepare for the 2025 growing season. Conner says many co-ops anticipated tariff issues and took early shipment of supplies for this season. A veteran of Capitol Hill policy debates, he acknowledges plenty of uncertainty surrounding the farm bill, tax policy and tariffs. Despite challenges, Conner believes legislators will take action on taxes and hopefully a new set of farm and nutrition programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 4, 2025: Sen. Hoeven on tariffs, budget reconciliation

President Trump unveiled a massive tariff plan this week adding a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, plus a higher reciprocal tariff on many U.S. trading partners. We asked Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., how the tariffs will affect producers and how farm bill elements may be incorporated into budget reconciliation.

Then, the American Soybean Association's Virginia Houston and Joe Glauber from the International Food Policy Research Institute discuss which producers could be hurt the most by the tariffs and how farmers' cost of production will increase.

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