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EPA Grants RFS Exemptions, USDA Introduces New Rancher Intiative
Line on Agriculture
The Environmental Protection Agency has granted 1.76 billion gallons of exemptions from the 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard. EPA plans to reallocate these volumes to 2026 and 2027 obligations, effectively neutralizing the impact.
Meanwhile, the USDA's Ranchers First Initiative introduces a new insurance option for ranchers to retain heifers for breeding, expands disaster assistance, supports small beef processors, and prioritizes American beef in federal procurement.
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North Carolina Ban on Foreign Farmland Purchases and American Farmland Pressures
The Agribusiness Update
North Carolina enacts new law barring certain foreign entities from purchasing agricultural land and property near military installations, and America’s farmland continues to face pressure from development and ownership changes.
Prison Produce, California Markets
California Ag Today
A California program is creating a steady market for locally grown fruits and vegetables while supplying fresh produce to state prisons.
Potato Sales Hold Steady and One Farmer-One File Initiative
The Agribusiness Update
U.S. retail sales of potatoes held steady in 2025, reflecting consistent consumer purchasing patterns across the category, and the NACD applauds the USDA’s “One Farmer, One File” initiative, designed to streamline producer interactions across USDA agencies.
Ag exports
Idaho Ag Today
Over the past several years, the great farmers and ranchers of Idaho have been doing a land office business in terms of exporting our commodities.
U.S. Cattle Inventory Down and Veterinarian Shortage
The Agribusiness Update
The latest Voice of California Agriculture podcast discusses conditions that have caused the U.S. cattle inventory to decrease to its lowest in more than 70 years, and Veterinarian shortages are not new, but it’s about to get worse.
Georgia Citrus Damage and Veterinarian Shortage
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia’s citrus growers may have dodged catastrophic results from Hurricane Helene, and Veterinarian shortages are not new, but it’s about to get worse.
Pork Consumers
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Research shows pork consumption is declining and is at risk of becoming a protein of the past.
CCP Agland Legislation Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse and members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party have introduced legislation to address foreign adversaries purchasing U.S. farmland.
CCP Agland Legislation Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse and members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party have introduced legislation to address foreign adversaries purchasing U.S. farmland.
Florida Foreign Purchases of Ag Land and Gas Prices Fall Again
The Agribusiness Update
Florida Ag Commissioner is pleased with the passage of Senate bill aimed at stopping foreign powers from buying ag lands, and the average National gas price fall for the third straight week.
Foreign Owned Ag Land Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
Legislation advanced by a House panel would ban Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran from buying American agricultural land.
China Ag Land Purchases Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse gives an update on his bill that would prohibit the Chinese government from buying any more American farmland and limit their participation in USDA programs ... except food safety inspections.
China Ag Land Purchases Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse gives an update on his bill that would prohibit the Chinese government from buying any more American farmland and limit their participation in USDA programs ... except food safety inspections.
Japan's Ethanol Demand and Bill Prohibits China from Buying U.S. Lands
The Agribusiness Update
Japan's commitment to reducing dependence on imported petroleum could boost demand for ethanol, and a bill introduced by Washington Representative Dan Newhouse would prohibit the Chinese government from buying U.S. ag land.
Vilsack on Chinese Ag Purchases Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is urging US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to press China on fulfilling its ag purchase obligations under the Phase One agreement.
Vilsack on Chinese Ag Purchases Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is urging US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to press China on fulfilling its ag purchase obligations under the Phase One agreement.
China's Phase One Commitments
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
U.S. exports are up this year, led by a significant increase in exports to China.
Future of Food Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The Future of Food and where the marketplace is headed with regards to food choices is what Mike Lee and his company, Alpha Food Labs, is all about.