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Opinion: The engineering case for distributed U. S. fertilizer production
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (216+ words) Kaan Ceylan (Ceylan Machine & Process) Recent events have demonstrated that supply disruptions are not isolated anomalies. This dependence on distant supply chains means that fertilizer markets increasingly respond to events occurring thousands of miles from U. S. farmland. A disruption in the…...
Daybreak July 2: Thompson optimistic about labor bill's prospects
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (1333+ words) Fieldworkers harvesting broccoli in the Salinas Valley. (USDA) Agri-Pulse Daybreak will not publish Friday due to the holiday. We wish our readers a happy Fourth of July! Strong U. S. border adds heft to ag labor bill, Thompson says A bill to…...
Trump administration declines USMCA renewal; dairy industry weighs in
20+ hour, 12+ min ago (804+ words) The Trump administration will not renew the U. S. -Mexico-Canada agreement in its current form, U. S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Wednesday. The agreement has been a boon to farm country, but lawmakers and the dairy industry say there's room for improvement. Regardless…...
USDA plans aid for small, mid-sized beef processors amid cattle shortage | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.
23+ hour, 39+ min ago (210+ words) USDA plans aid for small, mid-sized beef processors amid cattle shortage Agri-Pulse USDA plans aid for small, mid-sized beef processors amid cattle shortage The Agriculture Department will offer small and mid-sized beef processors up to $500 million to help them weather…...
USMCA review period opens with Trump questioning pact's future
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1798+ words) President Donald Trump is raising fresh doubts about whether the United States will extend the U. S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement, even as officials in Canada and Mexico show interest in preserving the deal for another 16 years. Today marks the six-year anniversary of the…...
Winter forage could keep SGMA-idled farmland productive, report finds
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (127+ words) Stay informed with trusted reporting on agriculture, food, energy and rural policy from Washington, D. C. and across the country. Lisa Safarian of Inari says the EU's new rules to regulate gene-edited crops reinforces a broader trend toward policies that enable innovation…...
Economists see bioeconomy as a potential lifeline for California agriculture
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (416+ words) California could turn mounting pressure on agriculture " from groundwater restrictions, labor shortages and climate change " into new revenue streams by converting crop residues and other biological materials into energy, fertilizers and higher-value products, according to a collection of papers from…...
For growers and employers, Thompson's ag labor bill offers hope for long-sought workforce stability
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1640+ words) When Phil Glaize first came to Washington to advocate for agricultural labor reform in the 1980s, he was a young apple grower trying to help solve a workforce problem that already seemed urgent. Decades later, the third-generation farmer in Virginia's Shenandoah…...
Biologicals summit confronts an industry trust gap
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1446+ words) Pam Marrone, founder and chair of the Invasive Species Corp. , says much of the biological sector has been growing at double-digit rates. (Brad Hooker/Agri-Pulse) California regulators are moving faster to approve biological crop protection products, but growers and industry…...
U. S. counties are bracing for SNAP cost impact
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1208+ words) As counties across the U. S. grapple with expected budget strains from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, lawmakers are under pressure'to pass a farm bill. That's opening the door for a potential compromise as states seek to delay cost shifts related to…...