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Southern rice plantings have fallen sharply, pushing total U.S. rice acreage to its lowest level since 1972.

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USDA says it is currently monitoring more than 21,000 wild animals for signs of New World screwworm and reports there is no evidence of widespread infestation at this time.
The move comes as the United States expands its trade enforcement efforts, with Brazil expected to become the first country targeted under a new series of Section 301 trade actions.
Oklahoma has reached a nearly $44 million settlement with six poultry companies, resolving a 21-year lawsuit centered on pollution in the Illinois River Watershed.
Farm Bureau members met with congressional leaders, USDA officials and White House staff to discuss issues affecting agriculture.
Jamieson Greer says rising imports may be harming U.S. lamb producers through lost sales and reduced market share.
Global conflicts, labor policy, and tightening wheat supplies are all competing for the attention of agricultural markets as producers navigate another volatile growing season.
On a year-over-year basis, producer prices increased 5.5 percent, down from a 6.0 percent annual gain the previous month.
Ten more meat and poultry companies have adopted USDA’s voluntary label for products sourced entirely in the United States.
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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.

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