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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has authorized the start of a process to retaliate against the 50% U.S. tariffs, according to Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin. Bloomberg reports the U.S. government was formally notified of

From disease to drought, the 2025 crop has been thrown a curveball late in the season. It’s also pushing the crop to maturity quicker. And with USDA currently projecting a record yield and crop, many analysts say

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s longstanding Meat and Poultry (MPP) Effluent Guidelines and Standards will stand, as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that proposed changes to the regulation are unnecessary. In reaching its decision,

By Keith Nunes Baking Business AUSTIN, MINN. — An unexpected rise in the costs of pork, beef and nuts undermined the performance of Hormel Foods Corp. during its most recent third quarter. The company experienced positive momentum in

Sleepy Eye, Minnesota – At Christensen Farms in Minnesota, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a final action imposing no additional wastewater discharge regulations on meat and poultry processing facilities. This action advances the Trump

GRAND ISLAND, NE – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) hosted his second Federal Issues Forum at the Nebraska State Fair. The event included a legislative update from Senator Ricketts and two panel discussions on federal issues facing Nebraskans. Guests for

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) unanimously voted yesterday to maintain the Suspension Agreements on sugar imported from Mexico. This concludes a legal and procedural process required to be undertaken by the USITC and the Department of Commerce every

Corn and cattle are showing some strength ahead of the Labor Day weekend. We talk markets with Arlan Suderman from StoneX in our Midday Commentary for Friday, August 29th, 2025. Please remember the risk of trading futures

By Nicole Heldt – Research Project Coordinator Maharjan Soils Lab, UNL PREEC  The Nebraska Soil Health Coalition (NSHC), in partnership with Dr. Bijesh Maharjan, associate professor in soil science and agronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL),

Washington, D.C. (August 29, 2025)— The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) today submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on its proposed reorganization plan, emphasizing the need to maintain USDA’s field-based service delivery, safeguard cooperative

For the sixth time this year, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral. That’s according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a ten-state region dependent on agriculture or energy. The

A National Pork Board report expects pork to be even more price-competitive with beef and chicken during the fall. The pork supply continues to fall short of expectations. In the last month, slaughter is down 3.3 percent,

All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined to total 106 million head on July 1, 2025, which was down one percent from the 107 million head on July 1, 2023. All cows and

DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Pork Board (NPB), the producer-led and consumer-focused national Pork Checkoff organization, has named David Newman the organization’s new CEO effective September 1, 2025. Newman most recently served as NPB’s senior vice

(Washington, D.C., August 28, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced a commitment to new actions (PDF, 1.2 MB) to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S. and recruit new veterinarians to

DENVER (August 28, 2025)—The U.S. dairy industry is facing a potential shortage of its most important resource – milk cows. The number of replacement heifers available to enter the dairy herd as milk producing cows has already

(DECATUR, IL) — The world’s top soybean importer, China, doesn’t seem to have bought a single American cargo ship’s worth of soybeans for the coming marketing year (which starts September 1st). And that lack of buying has

The National Corn Growers Association issued a report saying corn prices have dropped about 50 percent since hitting a peak in 2022. However, the cost of production has declined only modestly, making the production of corn unprofitable.

As we close in on the end of August, disease pressure is raising its ugly head in both corn and soybeans, chipping away at yield potential. While temperatures are running on the cooler side, the forecast doesn’t

By Kelsey Stremel, K-State Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. — Atrazine remains one of the most widely used and affordable herbicides in Kansas corn and grain sorghum fields, but its presence in streams and lakes continues to

The Federal Reserve’s Ninth District in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has enjoyed good weather for crop production, but crop prices haven’t been friendly to farmers’ pocketbooks. A North Dakota farm lender told the Federal Reserve that, “High operating costs