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Limited farmer participation in surveys, declining agency purchasing power and staffing declines are among concerns raised by farm groups and data advocates who weighed in on the Agriculture Department’s statistical programs, according to comments submitted to the agency.

President Donald Trump says he will stop strikes on Iran for two weeks, subject to Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz. 

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is set to make an announcement in Houston today about what the agency describes as “nationwide E15.” He’s almost certain to announce another waiver for E15 use this summer. Zeldin will be in Houston for the annual CERAWeek, the premier energy industry conference.

The thorny topic of tariffs dominated talks at the Commodity Classic policy summit of the National Corn Growers Association, with some members saying the corn lobbying group needs to figure out where it stands on the preferred trade strategy of President Donald Trump. Members of the American Soybean Association debated resolutions dealing with trade as well as biofuels, drones and other issues.

The $11 billion in aid for row crop farmers is welcome but not enough to cover losses incurred “over the last few years,” an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis says.

New U.S. fees kick in today on Chinese-made or operated vessels, just days after Beijing imposed fees on U.S. vessels. But as a new front opens in the China-U.S. trade war, the potential impacts on global shipping remain difficult to decipher, an analyst says.

Agricultural Research Service labs and offices are being told to prepare for a funding shortfall at the end of the fiscal year that amounts to about 10% of the agency’s annual budget, ARS employees are telling Agri-Pulse. A USDA spokesperson, however, said the Department does not anticipate any funding shortfalls to occur. 

President Donald Trump has announced on social media that Coca-Cola is switching to cane sugar. That would, of course, be a lost market for the corn sweetener industry.

Faith Parum joined the American Farm Bureau Federation as an economist. Wayne Stoskopf was promoted to senior director of public policy for risk management and legislative strategy at the National Corn Growers Association. CropLife America hired Tonya Parish as senior manager of government relations communications. 

The National Corn Growers Association Corn Board elected Michigan farmer Matt Frostic as the organization's first vice president. Robin Bowen joined Elanco as director of U.S. government affairs. Sarah Dean joined PepsiCo as director of global public policy, sustainability reporting and human rights. 

Farms appear to be protected from worker deportations – at least for now. But Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is making it clear she’s still on board with President Donald Trump’s agenda of deporting illegal aliens from the U.S.