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Daybreak Nov. 28: Biofuel groups vow defense of EPA decision

11/28/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

A coalition of biofuels groups is pushing back at a federal appeals court ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals last week vacated multiple denials of small refinery exemption requests from the biofuel blending mandates, ruling that the agency had used an “impermissibly retroactive” standard.

Daybreak Nov. 27: Ways and Means chair: USMCA ruling a setback for US dairy

11/27/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

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US loses latest USMCA dairy case

11/24/23 9:37 AM By Bill Tomson

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The U.S. lost its latest dispute with Canada over the country’s operation of a tariff rate quota for dairy imports under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to a Friday announcement from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Canadian company wants to show how Brazil can become a fertilizer giant

11/22/23 6:10 AM By Bill Tomson

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Brazil, a country that produces 42% of the world’s soybeans and 12% of its corn, is intrinsic to global food production, but all of that hinges on the South American nation’s ability to bring in billions of dollars’ worth of fertilizer from thousands of miles away. It’s a situation that Matt Simpson, CEO of the company Brazil Potash, said he wants to help change.

Daybreak Nov. 17: Vilsack: Funding issues dog farm bill

11/17/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

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USDA readies foreign market promotion program, announces trade missions

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

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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.

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 Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, 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.

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.

Daybreak Nov. 14: House GOP looks to push through stopgap, farm bill extension

11/14/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, and Bill Tomson

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The House GOP’s stopgap spending bill looks to be gaining momentum despite opposition from some hard-line conservatives.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Karen Ross on California agriculture, water, MAHA, Prop 12

California agriculture operates at a scale and under conditions unlike anywhere else in the country, yet the policy decisions extend far beyond state lines. We spent the week in Sacramento for the annual Agri-Pulse Food and Ag Issues Summit West and caught up with California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross to discuss the challenges, opportunities and innovations shaping California agriculture, and why the rest of the country should be paying attention to the Golden State.

Plus, Ag Council of California President Emily Rooney outlines concerning plastic and packaging regulations and Chris Zanobini, president and CEO of Ag Association Management Services Inc., describes the "regulatory jenga" plaguing California agriculture.

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