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This week's Agri-Pulse Newsmakers headlines: CPI: Grocery bills remain flat; Zeldin pledges fast action on new WOTUS revisions; Chinese retaliatory tariffs now in effect. Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gzgwaEJ9

Senate avoids shutdown, Democrats help pass FY25 funding bill https://lnkd.in/gZ8QGHP8

Wish you were attending the?Agri-Pulse?Ag & Food Policy Summit in D.C. on Monday, March 17, but can't make it? Don't worry, there's still time to register for virtual participation here: https://lnkd.in/gmtAd3yV Hear directly from food and agriculture industry leaders such as Julie Callahan, United States Trade Representative; Ireland’s Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason; Everett Eissenstat, Squire Patton Boggs; Bill Hoagland, Bipartisan Policy Center; Adam Bergman, EcoTech Capital; Mitchell Hora, Continuum Ag and many other industry leaders as they discuss topics surrounding?our theme: "Navigating Taxes, Trade and Technology: ?What's Ahead for Food & Agriculture" The event will offer participants a full day of lively discussions where speakers will address: -Transforming agriculture through new technologies -The outer limits of indoor growing -The future of clean fuels tax incentives -Future trade and tariff policies -What can you expect from the “Super Bowl” of tax debate? -And much, much more! #AgandFood25 #agriculture #trade #agtech #farming

Expiring meat export licenses leave China trade uncertain https://lnkd.in/gR625Qc9

The agriculture industry is beginning to feel shocks from retaliatory tariffs aimed at U.S. farm products. We speak with NASDA - National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney about how President Trump’s aggressive trade agenda is impacting American agriculture and look ahead to NASDA’s farm bill priorities. Then, Scott Gerlt with the American Soybean Association and Roger Cryan from the American Farm Bureau Federation discuss whether farmers should be concerned about another trade war. Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up!?https://eepurl.com/hTgSAD Full episode here: https://lnkd.in/ekjasZPE #agriculture #FarmBill #trade #tariffs Andrew Huneke Roger Cryan Scott Gerlt Ted McKinney

USDA is lowering its estimates of global corn and soybean stocks in a report that doesn’t account yet for the impact of reciprocal tariffs or of new duties on Canada and Mexico that President Donald Trump plans for April.

The Agriculture Department is one of 16 federal departments and agencies that reported improper payments totaling $162 billion in fiscal 2024, including $10.5 billion in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at USDA, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Corn, sorghum, soybean and wheat exports are heavily dependent on markets that are headed for population decline over the next 25 years, according to a new report by Terrain.

Federal judge orders USDA to reinstate probationary employees https://lnkd.in/gNqzsDQJ