Oliver Ward

The White House issued an executive order to boost domestic production of a slate of minerals – including potash – but an industry analyst thinks the efforts are misplaced.

A Republican on the House Agriculture Committee, Florida Rep. Kat Cammack, says it’s “absolutely feasible” to put parts of the farm bill in a budget reconciliation measure, but that it probably couldn't happen until fiscal 2026.

Ag helps to block LCFS bill * Vineyard pullouts continue * Farm bill’s ‘arduous’ option * Shipbuilding proposals could cost ag

The European Union’s top trade official said Thursday that it would hold off on imposing its first tranche of retaliatory tariffs until next month to allow for more time to negotiate a deal with the U.S.  

A group of House Republicans is urging the president to keep U.S. ag producers front of mind as he pursues more reciprocity in U.S. trade relationships and ensure tariffs are paired with negotiations to open new markets.

The administration’s efforts to control food inflation could be running into a challenge with President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Former USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber says reciprocal tariffs run the risk of undermining administration efforts to bring egg prices down — if adopted as described.

Ultraprocessed MAHA ingredients * Reciprocal tariffs could undermine egg efforts * Dem FTC commissioners to sue over firing

Providers of foreign food assistance that have seen their contracts reinstated after the funding freeze are still struggling to resume operations.

China’s purchases of American cotton have cratered in early 2025 as weak domestic consumption and trade uncertainty weigh on U.S. exports and prices, analysts tell Agri-Pulse.

It’s National Ag Day, and Reps. Mark Alford, R-Mo., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., are leading a resolution to officially designate the day as a celebration of “the importance of agriculture as one of the most impactful industries in the United States.”