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While demand is one concern, U.S. growers are also monitoring the cotton jassid, an emerging insect threat.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says the recent heat has already produced record-breaking temperatures across parts of the northern Plains, particularly in Montana.
Commercial shrimpers receive emergency response training as producers across agriculture continue emphasizing workplace safety.
Several agricultural products will remain exempt from the new duties, including certain beef products, coffee, bananas, nuts, and seeds, along with other products considered important to U.S. supply chains.
Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the House Budget Committee will vote on a military funding resolution that includes a $20 billion aid package for farmers, first reported by RFD-TV in June.
A new USDA analysis found many SNAP participants did not report receiving benefits in federal surveys.
President Trump’s address is scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern. Markets will be watching for any announcements that could influence trade, foreign policy, energy markets, or other issues affecting the agricultural economy.
California Farm Bureau says higher wage requirements could threaten goat grazing operations used for wildfire prevention.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins joined us for a recent town hall presented by the Western Caucus Foundation. In her keynote address, Rollins discusses the fight against the New World screwworm in the U.S., a new policy to expand grazing on federal lands and reduce regulatory burdens, the reigniting of trade policy, the bolstering of domestic fertilizer production, and the creation of federal policies that put America’s great farmers and ranchers first.

Continuing Coverage: New World Screwworm

Bryan Witherbee, the CEO of Agragene, says the technology builds on the sterile insect technique, which successfully helped eliminate pink bollworm and New World Screwworm in the past.
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