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Alexa Fox joined Monument Advocacy as vice president on the food and agriculture team. Audra Weeks, who was deputy chief of staff for policy at the Agriculture Department, departed USDA. Barbara O’Brien, president and CEO of Dairy Management Inc., announced that she will retire this fall. Caroline Rydell is leaving the Farm Credit Bank of Texas to begin a role with Texas A&M AgriLife Office of Federal Relations. 

The International Year of the Woman Farmer is here to recognize the women who power American agriculture and agribusiness. Major U.S. ag groups have formed an IYWF working group to organize and coordinate activities. 

President Donald Trump claims his administration has found a way to cut retail beef prices – but it’s not at all clear what he has in mind.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says that President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping are still scheduled to meet at the end of the month.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the administration is staying the course with its use of tariffs. But he told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that the administration would refund tariffs if the Supreme Court rules that President Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to implement them. 

The National Farmers Union is launching a $25 million investment fund that will back startup agtech and automation companies while allowing farmers to earn equity by trying new technologies on their operations.

USDA and the White House will host selected farm groups for meetings today with government officials to discuss the Biden administration’s key ag and rural investments.