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Brazil has benefitted from Trump’s trade war, cementing its presence in the Chinese soybean market and exporting an estimated record of 108 million metric tons to trading partners in 2025.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says his party will not vote to fund the government if Department of Homeland Security funding is included in a spending bill. Cargill, CHS, General Mills, Hormel and Land O’Lakes signed a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce statement calling on federal, state and local officials to deescalate tensions in the state.

China on Friday said it would lower tariffs on a slate of Canadian ag products as part of a deal between the two countries. Among the products listed are canola seeds and meal, which could nudge U.S. prices upwards.

The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans will say that American diets should still contain no more than 10% of calories from saturated fats.

A top Trump trade official says the U.S. wants to use upcoming trade talks with Canada and Mexico to tighten the eligibility of products entering the U.S.

A top USDA official says the Trump administration is still evaluating the need for trade assistance payments to farmers. “If we do something, when we do something, we want it to be reflective of what’s actually happening in the marketplace,” Richard Fordyce, USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation, says in an interview for this week’s Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. 

The U.S. and other major agriculture producers like Brazil are trying to become more fertilizer independent as tariffs, wars and natural disasters continue to wreak havoc on worldwide supplies and costs. 

President Donald Trump’s tariffs faced tough questions at the Supreme Court yesterday.

Dozens of farmers provided feedback on a North American free trade deal this week, with respondents calling for officials to use an upcoming review to address longstanding trade issues with Mexico and Canada, protect growers from lower-priced imports, and tighten enforcement.