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Huub Lelieveld, a Dutch scientist who led a global food safety movement and dismantled barriers to trade and humanitarian aid, was selected as the 2026 World Food Prize Laureate for his life work supporting breakthroughs that have reshaped the fields of food and agriculture. 

President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January and quickly followed through on many of his campaign promises – an aggressive trade agenda, a renewed focus on food inflation, and the use of a Republican-controlled House and Senate to enact a sweeping budget reconciliation bill that included major new agriculture spending. Take a look back at Agri-Pulse's top stories in 2025. 

Top U.S. trade officials meet their Chinese counterparts today in Malaysia as the U.S. tries to resolve ongoing tensions and advance negotiations ahead of a leaders’ meeting next week.

The long-term impacts of the latest trade frictions are difficult to parse through, multiple analysts told Agri-Pulse; Brazil will continue to grow its soybean acreage but faces headwinds that prevent rapid acceleration of export growth. 

President Donald Trump claims his administration has found a way to cut retail beef prices – but it’s not at all clear what he has in mind.

The Agriculture Department's National Agricultural Statistics Service will reinstate its July Cattle and County Estimates for Crops and Livestock reports, both of which ended last year due to budget constraints.

Newsom pulls plastic regulation * House passes CR * USDA pauses funding over trans issue

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Friday she hopes to beat the March 21 deadline set by Congress for distributing $31 billion in economic relief and disaster aid payments. She also promised that farmers would be “made whole” for financial losses from new trade wars. 

President Trump designated Jeffery Hall as board chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration. Glen Smith of Iowa was elected chairman of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation board of directors. 

Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been named CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. The American Peanut Council hired Kate Maher as membership manager.