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UPDATE: Supreme Court Did Not Issue Ruling on Tariffs Case, Decision Still Pending
The court issued more rulings Wednesday but did not act in the tariffs case, which was argued on Nov. 5.
January 14, 2026 06:31 AM
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USDA-NASS will need a full week to get the WASDE report released when the government reopens.
Policy
U.S. Government Opens Back Up But Deep Political Divisions Remain
The government shutdown has ended after 43 days, the longest in history, causing $50 billion in spending delays.
November 13, 2025 06:54 AM
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Kennedy Says U.S. to Announce New Dietary Guidelines in December
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the new guidelines will change the food culture in this country.
November 06, 2025 12:54 PM
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Dairy Production
Pigs Can’t Fly: U.S. High-End Livestock Breeders Lose Millions in China Tariff Fallout
China is one of the biggest importers of American breeding pigs and other livestock genetic material such as cattle semen. These lucrative niche export markets had been growing, but have dried up since the start of the U.S.-China trade war.
May 22, 2025 08:21 AM
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Policy
More Than 15,000 USDA Employees Have Taken Trump Financial Incentive to Leave
Accounting for about 15% of USDA’s total workforce and representing FSA, NRCS, FSIS, APHIS and other departments, 3,877 staff signed contracts in February for the first deferred resignation program and 11,305 in the second round in April.
May 05, 2025 12:16 PM
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U.S. FDA Suspends Milk Quality Tests Amid Workforce Cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division.
April 22, 2025 04:04 PM
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Policy
United States Eases Port Fees On China-Built Ships After Industry Backlash
Ocean shipping transports about 80% of global trade — from coal and corn to bananas and cement. The revisions tackle major concerns from the global maritime industry that feared virtually every cargo carrier could face steep, stacking fees.
April 18, 2025 10:58 AM
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Labor
Trump Suggests Farmers Could Petition to Keep Workers Without Legal Status
Although vague, Trump’s comments during his Cabinet meeting are the most detailed the administration has provided on the fate of farmworkers without legal status — who make up half the farm sector’s workforce — under his plan for mass deportations.
April 11, 2025 09:27 AM
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Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins Says New Deals May Be Struck Over Tariffs By End of Week
After China retaliated with its own tariffs, the U.S. said on Tuesday that 104% duties on imports from China would take effect shortly after midnight, even as the Trump administration moved to quickly start talks with other trading partners targeted by Trump’s sweeping tariff plan.
April 08, 2025 07:15 PM
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Trump Delays Tariffs for Goods Covered Under Mexico, Canada Trade Deal
The exemption, which will expire on April 2, covers the two largest U.S. trading partners. Trump had earlier only mentioned an exemption for Mexico, but the amendment he signed to his order for 25% levies on imports, which went into effect on Tuesday, covers Canada as well.
March 06, 2025 02:33 PM
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Exports
China Hits U.S. Agriculture, Says It Won’t Be Bullied by Fresh Trump Tariffs
China retaliated swiftly on Tuesday with 10% to 15% retaliatory levies impacting $21 billion worth of U.S. agricultural and food products, moving the world’s top two economies a step closer toward an all-out trade war.
March 04, 2025 10:28 AM
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Policy
Trump Sows Confusion on Tariffs for Canada and Mexico, Floats 25% Duty for EU Goods
President Trump says tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico will now take effect on April 2, 2025.
February 26, 2025 03:25 PM
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The HPAI H5N1 virus has spread in 16 states among dairy cattle, following its first confirmed detection in Texas and Kansas in March 2024.
Education
Nevada Confirms State’s First Human Case of Bird Flu in a Dairy Worker
The case broadens the U.S. outbreak of the virus that has infected nearly 70 people, mostly farm workers, since April.
February 11, 2025 08:58 AM
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Dairy Production
Second Bird Flu Strain Found in U.S. Dairy Cattle, USDA says
U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, ramping up concerns about the persistent spread of the virus.
February 06, 2025 08:36 AM
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Exports
German Meat Exports Face Disruption After Foot-and-Mouth Disease Case
Germany’s meat and dairy exports outside the EU face severe restrictions after the country’s first case of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth was confirmed on Friday.
January 13, 2025 10:02 AM
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