UGA Grand Farm Groundbreaking and Mexico's President on U.S. Beef Imports
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The future of farming was on display May 2 at the University of Georgia Grand Farm groundbreaking in Perry.
The 250-acre innovation farm, located east of the Georgia National Fairgrounds, is owned and managed by the UGA College of Ag & Environmental Sciences.
That’s where they’ll work on research with companies and inventors developing precision ag technology equipment and software to address labor issues and help farmers grow crops more efficiently.
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**Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum isn’t happy with the
Trump administration’s decision to suspend imports of Mexican beef cattle for 15 days because of detections of screwworm.
Sheinbaum says the Mexican government has worked on all fronts from the first moment they were alerted to the screwworm.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins pointed out the last time the devastating pest invaded the U.S., it took the livestock industry 30 years to recover.
**Democrats responded negatively to House Republicans advancing their budget to slash Medicaid and food assistance.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin says Republicans turned their back on working families to “suck up” to billionaire donors.
Democrats issued a message to House Republicans, saying, “Start working for your constituents or lose your seat in the midterm elections.”
The Hill says the committee voted along party lines after a meeting lasting more than 26 hours.
