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Ag policy veteran nominated as USTR chief agricultural negotiator
Julie Callahan, a nine-year veteran of the Office of Agricultural Affairs, has been nominated to serve as the chief agricultural negotiator for the Of... READ MORE »
$16 billion in disaster relief funds now available to farmers
Farmers who suffered crop losses because of natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for up to $16 billion in assistance through the USDA’s ... READ MORE »
Legislation seeks immigration solution with path to legal status
Newly introduced bipartisan legislation would provide legal status for certain undocumented immigrants as ongoing immigration enforcement activities c... READ MORE »
Construction underway at $55M potato chip production plant
Construction has begun on the $55 million, 80,000-square-foot Taste of Maine Potato Chip Co. facility in Limestone, Maine. The plant, located at the f... READ MORE »
USDA to ban ‘foreign adversaries’ from purchasing US farmland
As part of the Trump administration’s newly announced National Farm Security Action Plan, USDA will no longer allow Chinese nationals or other “fo... READ MORE »
New resource aims to bolster specialty crop exports
A new resource from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) aims to help American vegetable, fruit and nut exporters expand into new markets w... READ MORE »
Massive budget bill clears House, heads to Trump’s desk
A massive budget bill that contains millions of dollars of increased specialty crop funding but has drawn criticism for cuts to programs including Med... READ MORE »
Labor Department suspends contested H-2A worker protection rule
The U.S. Department of Labor has suspended a contested measure that extended protections to H-2A workers who organize to form labor unions. Compone... READ MORE »
Senate committee budget proposals would increase specialty crop funding
The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has released legislative text detailing proposals for a massive budget reconciliatio... READ MORE »
Federal court strikes down tariffs, finds Trump exceeded authority
The U.S. Court of International Trade struck down many of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, ruling that the measures exceeded the president’s aut... READ MORE »
