USDA's August Grape Inquiry and More BBB Reaction
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Starting at the end of this month, the USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service will mail the Grape Inquiry-August 2025 survey to approximately 2,000 U.S. growers.
The survey asks for grape acreage and projected production.
NASS will forecast 2025 grape production based on the information collected.
NASS Administrator Joseph Parsons says growers can use the forecast data when making business plans and marketing decisions.
The grape forecast is scheduled for August 12.
**Ag groups continue reacting to the Budget Reconciliation Bill.
The National Corn Growers Association says it contains many of its federal tax priorities, like extending key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and more certainty for farmers.
But reaction wasn’t all positive.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Senate Ag Committee’s Ranking Member, says the Big Beautiful Betrayal is bad for families, rural economies, and state and local governments.
**The USDA will adopt new regulations on evaluating the environmental effects of grazing and other agency-approved activities, saying the rules will follow directions from President Trump and the U.S. Supreme Court.
The regulations will guide the agency’s execution of the National Environmental Policy Act, will be published soon and take effect immediately.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the regulations are intended to eliminate unnecessarily long and cumbersome environmental reviews.
