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Solar Panels Meet Farm Bill Shade

Farm solar has become a side hustle with actual kilowatts. But H.R. 7567, the House-passed Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 could make some projects tougher to finance, especially ground-mounted solar on prime farmland. Because apparently even sunshine has to pass committee. Power struggle: Some farmers have used USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program grants to cut electric bills and add income, including dairy operations that turned barn roofs into power plants

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Solar Panels Meet Farm Bill Shade

Farm solar has become a side hustle with actual kilowatts. But H.R. 7567, the House-passed Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 could make some projects tougher to finance, especially ground-mounted solar on prime farmland. Because apparently even sunshine has to pass committee. Power struggle: Some farmers have used USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program grants to cut electric bills and add income, including dairy operations that turned barn roofs into power plants

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Cotton Gets a Closet Refresh

USDA has rolled out the Great American Cotton Plan, a policy wardrobe change aimed at strengthening cotton farms, restoring domestic textile manufacturing, expanding trade opportunities and nudging demand toward American-grown cotton. Somewhere, a bale just asked whether this comes in “farm economy chic.” Thread count: The cotton plan frames the crop as a rural economic engine and ties the plan to “Plant Not Plastic,” Buy American cotton goals and export finance. Every $1 at

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Specialty Crops Get a Bigger Basket

The USDA is opening enrollment for a $1.625B Assistance for Specialty Crops Farmers program, which is $625M more than the earlier $1B expectation. That is not exactly “money growing on trees,” but for fruit, vegetable and nut growers, it is at least money growing near trees. The wrinkle: Payments will be tiered from $25 to $650 per acre, based on eligible crop categories, with online enrollment starting June 1, Farm Service Agency office applications beginning June 8 and the

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Solar Panels Meet Farm Bill Shade

Farm solar has become a side hustle with actual kilowatts. But H.R. 7567, the House-passed Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 could make some projects tougher to finance, especially ground-mounted solar on prime farmland. Because apparently even sunshine has to pass committee. Power struggle: Some farmers have used USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program grants to cut electric bills and add income, including dairy operations that turned barn roofs into power plants

Technology

14 minutes ago

Cotton Gets a Closet Refresh

USDA has rolled out the Great American Cotton Plan, a policy wardrobe change aimed at strengthening cotton farms, restoring domestic textile manufacturing, expanding trade opportunities and nudging demand toward American-grown cotton. Somewhere, a bale just asked whether this comes in “farm economy chic.” Thread count: The cotton plan frames the crop as a rural economic engine and ties the plan to “Plant Not Plastic,” Buy American cotton goals and export finance. Every $1 at

Crops

15 minutes ago

Specialty Crops Get a Bigger Basket

The USDA is opening enrollment for a $1.625B Assistance for Specialty Crops Farmers program, which is $625M more than the earlier $1B expectation. That is not exactly “money growing on trees,” but for fruit, vegetable and nut growers, it is at least money growing near trees. The wrinkle: Payments will be tiered from $25 to $650 per acre, based on eligible crop categories, with online enrollment starting June 1, Farm Service Agency office applications beginning June 8 and the

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Ticked Off

Well, this story is enough to make the cattle industry start checking behind its ears. Tiny pest, big problem: The Asian longhorned tick has been moving westsince it was first found in the U.S. in 2017. It has already worked its way across the East Coast and is now creeping into places like Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. You know, just a casual tour of cattle country. Super polite. Clone wars: This tick reproduces asexually, meaning one female can basically start a whol

Livestock

May 26

Church-State Clash at USDA

A group of USDA employees are suing Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins with allegations she violated the First Amendment with religious messaging in agencywide emails. Who filed suit: The lawsuit was filed by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), which represents more than 19K USDA employees. Employees speak out: Plaintiffs are listed in the suit as a group of multi-faith and non-religious employees who feel “excluded and unwelcome” by Christian messages in Rollins’ e

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May 26

U.S. Sour on Subsidized Sugar

Sugar-producing countries are getting too sweet a deal from the U.S., according to more than 100 lawmakers who are urging the Trump administration to take a closer look at trade practices. Backstory: Tariff-rate quotas are the main mechanism for controlling sugar imports into the U.S. In recent years, U.S. sugar prices have surged. So, importers can make the math work on importing out-of-quota sugar, which sours the protection for U.S. sugar producers. By the numbers: Over

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