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The Federal Maritime Commission's former chairman says he's optimistic global rules to cut carbon-dioxide emissions from ocean vessels will include biofuels – and have the Trump administration's blessing.

A renewed Feed the Future focus on prosperity within the Western Hemisphere has some former labs rethinking their grant applications.

The Trump administration has brought control of the Food for Peace assistance program under the Agriculture Department’s purview, allowing the department to begin making awards, according to people familiar with the situation. 

The White House on Wednesday said the U.S. will withdraw from over 60 international organizations, including more than 30 United Nations entities and several trade and conservation groups.

A fiscal 2026 agreement for funding USDA and FDA rejects White House proposals to gut conservation technical assistance and international food aid programs and includes a provision to block the unregulated sale of some hemp-based or hemp-derived products. The deal also requires a study on moving the Food for Peace program to USDA.

Funding for Feed the Future innovation labs emerged from this summer’s rescission blitz intact, but work remains in limbo following stop-work orders issued earlier this year.

Agriculture groups have been on Capitol Hill this week to broaden support for legislation that would shift control of the Food for Peace program to USDA.

Most states are going to get hit with a bill for SNAP benefits unless they can get their error rates down quickly. Under a provision in the Senate’s massive budget reconciliation bill only eight states would be exempt from sharing some SNAP benefit costs, based on the FY24 error rates.

Officials carrying out USAID's work on food security and agricultural innovation have less than a week before their jobs are set to be culled, but they're hoping for an eleventh-hour reprieve.