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USDA readies foreign market promotion program, announces trade missions

11/16/23 4:41 PM By Bill Tomson

USDA took a key step Thursday in rolling out its new $1.3 billion international trade initiative, the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, and unveiled plans for trade missions next year to Vietnam, India, South Korea, Canada, Colombia and Morocco.

Extension in hand, ag groups press Congress to finish new farm bill

11/16/23 12:45 PM By Philip Brasher

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Farm groups on Thursday welcomed congressional approval of a continuing resolution that includes a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill, ensuring that existing commodity programs will operate normally for 2024 crops.

Glyphosate to be renewed in EU for additional 10 years

11/16/23 12:18 PM By Steve Davies

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Glyphosate will be renewed for another 10 years in the European Union after member states could not reach the required majority to reauthorize use of the chemical, the active ingredient in Roundup.

Daybreak Nov. 16: Senate clears CR, farm bill extension

11/16/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, and Bill Tomson

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It’s all but official. Congress will have another year to try to write a new farm bill.

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Daybreak Nov. 15: Ag panel leaders insist they want to move quickly despite extension

11/15/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

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Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees insist they’ll move ahead as quickly as possible next year to write a new farm bill.

Thanksgiving dinner costs down from record 2022

11/15/23 9:53 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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Lower turkey prices this year will help soften the cost of preparing Thanksgiving dinner this year compared to 2022, with the total price of the food down 4.5% to 9%, according to a pair of surveys.

Anti-corruption law to require farms, small businesses to start filing ownership reports

11/15/23 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

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Farmers across the country are likely to be in for a surprise in 2024 when they must start filing disclosure reports with an obscure federal agency that is tasked with fighting money laundering and financial terrorism.

Ukrainian wheat and corn stocks to build up as exports decline

11/15/23 6:22 AM By Bill Tomson

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Ukrainian farmers are producing more wheat and corn than expected in a war-torn country where seeds and inputs are difficult to come by and swaths of farmland are in occupied territory, but exports are on the decline again as Russia steps up its attacks on Ukraine’s beleaguered port facilities, according to a new analysis by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

New rule focuses on helping young, beginning and small producers

11/15/23 6:20 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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Agricultural lenders in the Farm Credit System must have a plan of action on how they will service and enhance their relationships with young, beginning and small (YBS) farmers as part of a rule approved this fall by the Farm Credit Administration board.

New lawsuits go after WOTUS again

11/15/23 6:18 AM By Steve Davies

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The Biden administration’s attempt to narrowly interpret the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision has been met with lawsuits in North Dakota and Texas from more than half the states in the country and trade associations representing agriculture and a wide range of other industries.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Donnell Rehagen - Clean Fuels Alliance America

This week's Open Mic guest is Donnell Rehagen, CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America. Members of the groups spent last week in Washington reporting the positive impact the EPA's higher RVO numbers are already having in their industry. Later in the week, USDA finalized the Regenerative Feedstocks rule and provided an updated version of the USDA Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator. Rehagen says the industry is poised for growth and hopes future RVO guidance can provide room for continued expansion of the renewable fuels sector.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Senate Ag Chair John Boozman on farm bill text release, additional farm aid

Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman joins Newsmakers to discuss the farm bill discussion draft released by the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Plus, Tara Smith with Torrey Advisory Group and Anne MacMillan with Invariant discuss the broader farm bill politics at play during the midterm election year and the White House's supplemental spending request to address the cost of the war in Iran, which includes $11.1 billion in additional farm aid and support for year-round sales of E15.

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