The Agribusiness Update

Time is running out for the seven states in the Colorado River Basin to reach a deal for managing the over-tapped river, and Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the USDA is proposing changes to strengthen the stocking requirements for retailers in the SNAP Program.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the USDA will provide more than $531 million in Congressionally approved recovery assistance to Georgia ag producers, and USDA is proposing changes to strengthen the stocking requirements for retailers in the SNAP Program.

The USDA is awarding $8.3 million in funding to help recipients address their trade barriers and expand international market access for U.S. specialty crops, and new data from the Energy Information Administration says American ethanol output dropped to a four-month low.

Every American pig farmer stands to lose when faced with a patchwork of ever-changing state housing laws spurred by California's Prop 12, and spokesman from the Chinese commerce ministry was asked when China might resume buying American soybeans.

At the beginning of August, Georgia's peanut crop looked good, but then it stopped raining across most of South Georgia's peanut belt, and spokesman from the Chinese commerce ministry was asked when China might resume buying American soybeans.

California table olive growers are expected to harvest a smaller crop this year, and the Senate confirms three nominees for critical USDA positions.

International Paper will be closing its plants in Savannah and Riceboro by the end of the month, and the Senate confirms three nominees for critical USDA positions.

McDonald's plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches, and Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA is planning to use tariff revenue to support US farmers.

As California's walnut harvest begins, market conditions remain strong following improvement last year, and Farm bankruptcies as of July have exceeded those for all of 2024.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Ag Commissioner Tyler Harper and others spent the last week of August in Brazil and Argentina meeting with business and ag leaders, and Farm bankruptcies as of July have exceeded those for all of 2024.

The U.S., Canada and Mexico have begun consultations ahead of next year's review of the USMCA trade agreement, and the Trump Administration is drawing up plans to use tariff revenue to fund a program to support U.S. farmers.

The value of California's ag production hit a record high last year, according to data from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the U.S. and India are stepping up talks to resolve their trade tensions.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is preparing to deliver his latest federal budget request, calling on Congress to provide more aid, and the U.S. and India are stepping up talks to resolve their trade tensions.

Napa Valley winegrape growers are no strangers to wildfires, which have ruined crops in the region three times in the past decade, and the Trump administration is evaluating whether to grant aid to American farmers this fall.

Florida Ag Commissioner Wilton Simpson and the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation announced 2026 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees, and the Trump administration is evaluating whether to grant aid to American farmers this fall.

B.C. Orchards try retractable roof systems in response to changing weather conditions, and

The North American Blueberry Council is pleased with the release of the Make America Healthy Again Commission's strategy report, “Make our Children Healthy Again,” and food security is estimated to improve in 2025 in most of the 83 Global Food Assessment countries.

Corn production is up, while soybean and cotton production is down from 2024, and food security is estimated to improve in 2025 in most of the 83 Global Food Assessment countries.

President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to resume trade negotiations, and Farm Equipment manufacturers say they're struggling under the high tariffs set by President Trump.

A surge of livestock kills, attacks and other conflicts caused by California's growing predator population has prompted the state's largest agricultural organization to form a predator working group, and the US agricultural trade deficit widened further in July.

A new report by the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture reveals the immense challenges Georgia farmers faced in the first 72 hours following Hurricane Helene, and the US agricultural trade deficit widened further in July.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is now accepting proposals for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program's 2026 funding year, and the USDA's Economic Research Service says net cash farm income is forecast to increase 25% from 2024 to 2025.

The National Peanut Board announced a new brand platform for the peanut industry, and the USDA's Economic Research Service says net cash farm income is forecast to increase 25% from 2024 to 2025.

President Trump signed an order to implement a trade agreement with Japan that's expected to increase U.S. ag sales by $8 billion a year, and the USDA extended the public comment period for its reorganization plan to September 30.

Farmers could soon benefit from wheat engineered to stimulate the production of its own fertilizer, and the U.S. ag trade deficit hit a record high in the first half of this year.

Farmers could soon benefit from wheat engineered to stimulate the production of its own fertilizer, and the U.S. ag trade deficit hit a record high in the first half of this year.

Georgia farmers are forecast for a massive gain in corn production and more modest increases in peanuts and soybeans, and the U.S. ag trade deficit hit a record high in the first half of this year.

Farmer sentiment dipped again in August as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index fell 10 points to 125, and a federal court decision vacates a burdensome and unfair disaggregation labor rule, part of the 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate Rule.

Farmer sentiment dipped again in August as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index fell 10 points to 125, and a federal court decision vacates a burdensome and unfair disaggregation labor rule, part of the 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate Rule.

Increased strawberry demand in the fall and winter has driven summer plantings, which have reached a record high of 11,503 acres this year, and Mexico recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53% jump over July.

Increased strawberry demand in the fall and winter has driven summer plantings, which have reached a record high of 11,503 acres this year, and Mexico recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53% jump over July.

A federal court in Louisiana has vacated the Department of Labor's 2023 Adverse Effect Wage Rate methodology rule, a major victory for Florida agriculture, and Mexico recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53% jump over July.

Farm labor scarcity is a growing challenge for farmers, particularly in light of the mass deportations, and Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a commitment to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S.

Farm labor scarcity is a growing challenge for farmers, particularly in light of the mass deportations, and Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a commitment to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S.

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture sent out the first round of checks to farmers through the 2024 Ag Disaster Crop Loss Program, and Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a commitment to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S.

The U.S. population in rural counties grew by more than 134,000 between 2023 and 2024, an increase of 0.29%, and the Maryland Department of Health says the patient with the first human infection of New World screwworm infection in the U.S. has recovered.

The U.S. population in rural counties grew by more than 134,000 between 2023 and 2024, an increase of 0.29%, and the Maryland Department of Health says the patient with the first human infection of New World screwworm infection in the U.S. has recovered.

The U.S. cattle inventory is historically low, and that trend could take some time to turn around, and when retail prices reach record-high levels, the demand usually plummets quickly, unless that product is U.S. beef.

New University of Florida research shows with the help of artificial intelligence, farmers may soon find it easier to remove strawberry runners, and when retail prices reach record-high levels, the demand usually plummets quickly, unless that product is U.S. beef.

Wine Institute President and CEO Robert Koch is pleased with recent progress in U.S.–Canada trade negotiations, and Senior Chinese trade negotiator expected in Washington, D.C. to meet with U.S. officials and move current tariff truce forward.

On the eve of harvest, the USDA released an unexpectedly high California almond crop forecast of 3 billion pounds, and the Department of Health and Human Services reports the first human case of New World Screwworm in the U.S.

The Florida citrus industry has seen some promising investments in this year's Legislative Session, and the Department of Health and Human Services reports the first human case of New World Screwworm in the U.S.