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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, February 06, 2025
The Trump administration may be entering a protracted fight with federal employees over telework as it tries to force workers to return to the office at USDA.
President Donald Trump announced sweeping duties on Canada, Mexico and China over the weekend, triggering a trade conflict with the U.S.’ largest agricultural trading partners.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wants to work closely with prospective Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to help farmers transition to regenerative agricultural techniques, including the use of less chemical-intensive practices that he said are destroying the soil and making people sick.
The White House has ordered the review of 2,600 programs across the federal government, including dozens at USDA, to assess them for their compliance with President Donald Trump's intention to rid the government of "green new deal" spending, special assistance for minorities and other programs that may contravene his wishes.
A directive from President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget to suspend grant and loan payments, starting Tuesday, created confusion across Washington and state capitals. On Tuesday evening, a judge stayed the planned funding pause.
President Donald Trump threatened, then walked back from, new tariffs on imports from Colombia after the country blocked two military deportation flights from the U.S.
Alleging a conflict of interest, Summit Carbon Solutions asks a state court to force one of the state's public utilities commissioners to recuse herself from considering its permit application.
Brooke Rollins appears poised for Senate confirmation after a Senate Ag Committee hearing where she strongly defended President Donald Trump’s policies while stressing repeatedly that she’ll work to protect U.S. agriculture.
Business owners still do not have to file beneficial ownership information with the Treasury Department even though the government persuaded the Supreme Court to stay an injunction blocking the requirement in the Corporate Transparency Act.