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Earned Income Goes Up in Washington
Fruit Grower Report
The latest USDA numbers show Washington’s farmers jumped from last in earned income in 2024 to 30th in 2025.
Data Center Concerns and $369.2 Million in 2024 Ag Exports
The Agribusiness Update
Data center development is drawing growing concern across party lines, particularly over farmland, water, and electricity costs, and U.S. agricultural exports generated $369.2 billion in total economic activity in 2024.
FSA Grants for Washington and Sterile Fly Plant Stench
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency is delivering approximately $255 million in farm safety net and conservation program payments to Washington farmers, ranchers and landowners, and residents in Metapa de Dominguez, Mexico, are demanding the closure of a sterile-fly production plant, complaining that a strong, rotten-meat odor is disrupting daily life.
California's Millions of Pounds of Pumpkins Are Mostly for Show
California Ag Today
With 162 million pounds produced last year, California ranks second nationally, and more than 99% of its pumpkin acreage serves fresh and ornamental markets.
Export Exchange 2026 in Seattle and China Orders More U.S. Soybeans
The Agribusiness Update
More than 500 international buyers from over 50 countries were in Seattle last week for Export Exchange 2026, and Chinese trading firms purchased another 10 to 13 cargoes of U.S. soybeans, signaling renewed demand from China.
California Claims One-Third of Nation's Specialty Crop Funding
California Ag Today
Nearly $29 million will support 60 projects, from AI-powered grape harvesting to expanding markets for California-grown products.
FSA Payment Processing
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Farm Service Agency offices have started processing and sending producers record 2025 ARC and PLC payments under last year’s Working Families Tax Cuts Act.
New Georgia Electric Facility Opens and Ag Tractor and Combine Sales Down
The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a historic $3.3 billion loan to Oglethorpe Power Corporation to help finance its Smarr Combined-Cycle electric generating facility in Georgia, and sales of agricultural tractors and combines declined in both the U.S. and Canada in September compared with the same month a year earlier.
Could California's Next Crop Breakthrough Already Be in Storage?
California Ag Today
USDA's $180 million Seed Sovereignty Initiative aims to unlock valuable plant genetics that could help California growers tackle pests, disease, and drought.
Florida Orange Production Forecast to Drop 23%
Southeast Regional Ag News
USDA's first citrus forecast of the 2026-27 season points to another challenging year for Florida growers, despite encouraging signs of recovery.
Regenerative pilot program
Idaho Ag Today
At Agriculture Department regenerative pilot program has two focal points.
Could the Next Breakthrough for Southeast Crops Already Be in Storage?
Southeast Regional Ag News
USDA's $180 million Seed Sovereignty Initiative could help unlock valuable genetic traits for crops like peanuts, cotton, soybeans, and citrus.
Record High U.S. Farm Debt and FFA National Convention
The Agribusiness Update
U.S. farm debt has climbed to a record level, and ag economists warn the actual amount owed could be considerably higher, and more than 70,000 FFA members, advisors, and supporters are expected in Indianapolis next week for the 99th National FFA Convention and Expo.
GOP Pushing Farm Assistance and Rural Mainstreet Index Down
The Agribusiness Update
GOP lawmakers are pushing to attach roughly $11 billion in direct farm assistance to a defense spending package, and rural bankers are growing more concerned about the farm economy as higher fuel and fertilizer costs weigh on producers.
$13.5 Million Available for California Nutrition Incentives
California Ag Today
CDFA opens grant applications aimed at connecting CalFresh shoppers with California-grown fruits and vegetables.
Food Waste Prevention Week and US-China Tariff Reduction
The Agribusiness Update
Washington communities are taking action to keep food out of landfills and support a healthier, more resilient food system, and the U.S. and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods traded between the two countries, including U.S. ag commodities.
GFB's I Farm - I Vote Campaign and US-China Tariff Reduction
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia Farm Bureau's I Farm. I Vote. campaign is encouraging Georgians to become informed, engaged and active participants in the electoral process, and the U.S. and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on $60 billion worth of goods traded between the two countries, including U.S. ag commodities.
Beef Imports Rise, Grocery Prices Barely Budge
California Ag Today
Three weeks of Farm Bureau data show little change at the meat counter following the White House quota expansion.
WAEF Celebrates
Fruit Grower Report
It’s been a fantastic summer for many future college students from the tree fruit industry who are about to realize their dreams.
Will More Imported Beef Mean Cheaper Beef?
Southeast Regional Ag News
Farm Bureau says the answer is far from certain.