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English EPA Appointment and USDA Beef Export Data Errors
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Farm Bureau member Kate English has been appointed to the EPA’s Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee, and Democratic senators seeking answers from the USDA after a major error in U.S. beef export sales data.
Climate-Smart Farming Cuts and USDA Beef Export Data Errors
The Agribusiness Update
Lynda Hopkins, of the California Air Resources Board, criticized anticipated cuts to state-funded programs that incentivize climate-smart farming practices, and Democratic senators seeking answers from the USDA after a major error in U.S. beef export sales data.
Farm Bill Likelihood in 2026
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
As we start to hear doubts from some in the Senate about the likelihood of getting a new Farm Bill done this year, there is still hope out there.
Right to Repair Deere Equipment and China Buying U.S. Soybeans
The Agribusiness Update
John Deere is committing to giving farmers diagnostic tools to help them and independent service technicians repair equipment, and China is once again placing U.S. soybean orders after a trade agreement ended the country’s purchasing freeze.
Election Year Politics
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Decades of House Ag bipartisanship was already declining, but election-year politics seems to have done it in last week.
Pear Cannery Questions
Fruit Grower Report
The USDA’s Section 32 purchase of Northwest Pears after the sudden closure of the Del Monte cannery last summer will certainly help growers scrambling for alternative markets.
USDA Research Priorities for 2026 and China Tries to Reduce Soy Reliance
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA announced a new slate of research priorities for 2026, focusing on farm profitability, climate resilience and food system innovation, and China tries to reduce reliance on imported soybeans, raising questions about the long-term outlook for U.S. soybean exports.
AEWR Questions
Fruit Grower Report
Farmers are looking forward to recent changes the Department of Labor made to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate and how it could impact their finances. So, any questions?
Dietary Update for Potatoes Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
First, there were claims that potatoes weren’t vegetables. And now, certain advocacy groups have shifted their efforts and instead want potatoes categorized with grains.
Dietary Update for Potatoes Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
First, there were claims that potatoes weren’t vegetables. And now, certain advocacy groups have shifted their efforts and instead want potatoes categorized with grains.
Farm transitions
Idaho Ag Today
There have been perhaps more farm transitions, passing the operation from one generation to the next, over the last few years.
Apricot Shelf Life Expands and Corn Growers Question MAHA Report
The Agribusiness Update
California growers have made major inroads in elevating an apricot's shelf life, and National Corn Growers Association questions the Making America Healthy Again Committee, or MAHA report.
I Farm I Vote Campaign and Corn Growers Question MAHA Report
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia Farm Bureau’s “I Farm. I Vote.” campaign encouraging members to get out and vote in the 2025 Public Service Commission elections, and National Corn Growers Association questions the Making America Healthy Again Committee, or MAHA report.
Japanese visit
Idaho Ag Today
A trade team from Japan spent some time in Idaho learning about the state’s beef industry.
Cheatgrass grants
Idaho Ag Today
NRCS Announces Cheatgrass Challenge Project Proposal Application Period
Next Gen Farmers Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
Who will be the next generation of farmer? Washington Policy Center Ag Director, and farmer herself, Pam Lewison says farming has to be in your blood.
Next Gen Farmers Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
Who will be the next generation of farmer? Washington Policy Center Ag Director, and farmer herself, Pam Lewison says farming has to be in your blood.
H-2A Changes Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
While some argue the fentanyl crisis is a separate problem, the H-2A foreign guestworker program is now helping to fund solutions and U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse questioned Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about that.