Category: Ag News
Jun 11
USDA’s Rollins Highlights All-of-Government Response to New World Screwworm Detection in Texas
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday that an unprecedented federal and state response is underway following the detection of New World screwworm in South Texas, emphasizing that rapid action and coordination across agencies have positioned the country to contain the pest before it can inflict widespread damage on the livestock industry. Speaking from the …
Jun 11
USDA Announces Improved Support, Reduced Burdens to Support Small Meat and Poultry Plants
Recently, Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins launched the Small Processors Action Plan, a new set of actions to better support small and very small meat and poultry processing plants, improve customer service, and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining strong food safety protections for consumers. Additionally, Secretary Rollins announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture …
Jun 11
Task Force Reports Progress Toward Pollution Reduction Goals for Gulf of America
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as co-chair of the Gulf of America Hypoxia Task Force, reported progress meeting voluntary, interim goals to reduce excess nutrients that can enter the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin and flow into the Gulf of America, impacting water quality. A key finding of this report is that state-led actions helped achieve …
Jun 11
Klobuchar, Luján, Slotkin, Heinrich, Colleagues Urge USDA to Address New World Screwworm Outbreak
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are leading 17 of their colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take further immediate action to contain and respond to the outbreak of …
Jun 11
Corn Growers Need USMCA
What’s at stake for U.S. corn’s export future? American corn farmers can’t afford to lose out on 1.8 billion bushels of corn demand every year. That demand is at stake as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) faces its first chance at renewal this summer — and the outcome is anything but certain. As the renewal deadline …
Jun 11
Crop Production Shows Sharp Winter Wheat Production Declines Across Southern Plains
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released updated June 1 forecasts for the 2026 winter wheat crop in a crop production report. New data highlights significant reductions across the Southern Plains—Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas—driven by persistent drought, high abandonment, and reduced yield potential. These three Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat states …
Jun 11
Navigating the June WASDE Report: Rich Nelson on Supply and Demand Adjustments
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report has officially been released, sparking widespread discussion across the agricultural sector regarding its implications for the upcoming marketing year. To break down the numbers and understand what these adjustments mean for producers, Farm Director KC Sheperd recently sat down with Rich Nelson, the Chief Strategist …
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