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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told a Hudson Institute audience that the US‑Mexico‑Canada Agreement can remain a trilateral framework while adding separate bilateral protocols for Mexico and Canada. The upcoming USMCA review, kicking off on July 1, will address grievances such as Canada’s dairy quota management and Mexico’s fresh‑produce imports. Greer acknowledged President Trump’s dissatisfaction with the deal’s trade‑deficit outcomes, even as the agreement enjoys broad private‑sector and congressional support. He also warned that the WTO’s stalemate on digital‑trade rules underscores the need for smaller, like‑minded trade coalitions.
President Donald Trump warned Iran that if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the United States will dramatically increase the scale and intensity of strikes, targeting bridges and power plants. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the upcoming operation will be...
John Deere agreed to a $99 million settlement to resolve a class‑action antitrust lawsuit alleging it monopolized farm equipment repairs. The deal requires Deere to offer owners, lessees and independent repair shops licensed access to diagnostic and repair tools on fair,...
U.S. fertilizer giants Mosaic and J.R. Simplot secured import tariffs on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers after a 2020 petition to the International Trade Commission. The duties halted shipments, driving domestic fertilizer prices to historic highs and adding $6.9 billion in costs for...
The FY2027 budget request from the Trump administration proposes a $4.9 billion, or 19 percent, cut to USDA, eliminating the Food for Peace and McGovern‑Dole international aid programs and slashing other key initiatives. It earmarks $50 million to move USDA staff to regional...
The article highlights a growing mental‑health crisis among U.S. farmers and ranchers, noting that while stigma is slowly receding, access to qualified care remains scarce. Intensifying economic pressures—higher input costs, labor shortages, and volatile markets—are compounding stress. A newly introduced...
Mosaic and Simplot have filed support to keep countervailing duties on Moroccan and Russian phosphate fertilizers during the five‑year sunset review, seeking higher rates than the current 16.6%‑47% range. The duties, imposed in 2021 to offset foreign subsidies, are under...
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation revising the 2025 steel, aluminum and copper tariffs. Derivative products containing less than 15% metal are now duty‑free, while those above that threshold see the rate drop from 50% to 25% and are assessed...
Twenty states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief opposing Monsanto in the Supreme Court case that questions whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state failure‑to‑warn lawsuits over Roundup. Monsanto, a Bayer subsidiary,...
U.S. farmers face a tightening fertilizer market as the Strait of Hormuz bottleneck drives up prices for urea, phosphates and sulfur. A USDA survey shows all eight major fertilizer products rose in early March, leaving 20‑25% of growers without full...
A University of California, Riverside study of 98 California dairies over eight years shows that manure digesters cut methane emissions by roughly 80 % compared with open lagoons, but occasional leaks can reach 1,000 kg CH₄ per hour and erode most of the...
A wave of senior hires and promotions swept the U.S. agribusiness sector this week, highlighted by Naturipe Farms adding a Director of Business Development for its Value Added Fresh division and promoting long‑time executives. Raley’s Co. saw its CEO Keith Knopf...
The EPA announced new Renewable Fuel Standard rules that raise biodiesel blending obligations and lower the equivalence value for renewable diesel, leveling the credit playing field. The 2024 RVO for biomass‑based diesel jumps to 5.4 billion gallons, a 61 % increase, and...
Fertilizer prices have spiked as the Iran war choked off key imports, especially urea, prompting calls for expanded U.S. production. Experts say a world‑scale nitrogen plant would cost $3‑5 billion, and the USDA is weighing a grant program to finance such...
U.S. officials are weighing a trade investigation into sugar imports, considering both a Section 201 safeguard and a Section 301 unfair‑practice probe. While overall sugar imports have declined, higher‑tariff shipments have risen, and the existing 15.36‑cent‑per‑pound quota tariff has lost its protective...
