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Wednesday, April 02, 2025
The future of $31 billion in disaster relief and economic assistance for farmers was in doubt night after Elon Musk and then, Donald Trump, threatened the political future of any Republicans who voted for the 1,500-page bill that contains the funding. The Senate cleared a water resources bill intended to increase funding for inland waterway projects.
Corn growers and formulators of 2,4-D urged the International Trade Commission Thursday to deny a request from Corteva Agriscience for antidumping duties on low-priced Chinese and Indian imports, claiming the company has been using its position as the sole U.S. producer of 2,4-D acid to gain market share for its Enlist growing system.
The International Trade Commission has begun an investigation into whether low-priced imports of 2,4-D are causing “material injury,” in response to a petition filed by domestic manufacturer Corteva Agriscience.
USDA is releasing a final rule today under the Packers and Stockyards Act to protect meat and poultry producers from discrimination and retaliation by packers, swine dealers and live poultry dealers.
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith has asked the International Trade Commission, an independent panel that advises Congress and the executive branch, to investigate the impact of export restrictions on the U.S. rice industry.
Corn growers are reacting negatively to an International Trade Commission decision that domestic phosphate fertilizer manufacturers were “materially injured” by government-subsidized imports from Morocco and Russia.
Lawmakers are rushing to finalize a new budget for USDA and several other departments and agencies after the White House and congressional leaders announced a deal Sunday on overall funding limits for fiscal 2024.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is following the lead of some of the nation's most influential farm groups, which banded together earlier this month to ask the Commerce Department to reduce or eliminate the duty on key imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco.
A key Moroccan fertilizer company, bolstered by rising calls from farmers and lawmakers for more supplies of imported phosphate products, sees a pathway back to the U.S. market potentially in time for spring application season.
