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Fertilizer Gets Another Shot

Grant spreader: USDA has rolled out a new $500M fertilizer grant program called FIELDS, aimed at shovel-ready projects that can expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing. Apparently the new farm-policy love language is “please build the nutrient supply chain before everyone’s margins faint.” Import relief: That comes after President Donald J. Trump temporarily suspended certain countervailing duties on phosphate imports from Morocco. The White House framed the move as emergenc

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Glyphosate Gets Weedy

Tariff twist: Bayer is asking Washington to place duties on Chinese-made glyphosate, turning the Roundup universe from courtroom drama into trade-policy herbicide theater. Farmers, famously relaxed about higher input costs, are not exactly throwing a parade. Farm backlash: Corn and soybean groups are pushing back, warning that Bayer’s petition could make a key weed-control tool more expensive. Hoosier Ag Today reported the petition has sparked farmer backlash after Monsanto C

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Beef Gets a SPUR

Cattle crunch: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the SPUR program, short for Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers, with up to $500M aimed at small and mid-size beef processors. That is a big policy steak, even if everyone is still chewing carefully. The problem: Eligible U.S.-owned processors can receive temporary payments to help offset rising cattle acquisition costs while cattle supplies remain historically tight. When cattle cost more and pla

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Fertilizer Gets Another Shot

Grant spreader: USDA has rolled out a new $500M fertilizer grant program called FIELDS, aimed at shovel-ready projects that can expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing. Apparently the new farm-policy love language is “please build the nutrient supply chain before everyone’s margins faint.” Import relief: That comes after President Donald J. Trump temporarily suspended certain countervailing duties on phosphate imports from Morocco. The White House framed the move as emergenc

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Glyphosate Gets Weedy

Tariff twist: Bayer is asking Washington to place duties on Chinese-made glyphosate, turning the Roundup universe from courtroom drama into trade-policy herbicide theater. Farmers, famously relaxed about higher input costs, are not exactly throwing a parade. Farm backlash: Corn and soybean groups are pushing back, warning that Bayer’s petition could make a key weed-control tool more expensive. Hoosier Ag Today reported the petition has sparked farmer backlash after Monsanto C

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Beef Gets a SPUR

Cattle crunch: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the SPUR program, short for Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers, with up to $500M aimed at small and mid-size beef processors. That is a big policy steak, even if everyone is still chewing carefully. The problem: Eligible U.S.-owned processors can receive temporary payments to help offset rising cattle acquisition costs while cattle supplies remain historically tight. When cattle cost more and pla

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Fertilizer Gets Another Shot

Grant spreader: USDA has rolled out a new $500M fertilizer grant program called FIELDS, aimed at shovel-ready projects that can expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing. Apparently the new farm-policy love language is “please build the nutrient supply chain before everyone’s margins faint.” Import relief: That comes after President Donald J. Trump temporarily suspended certain countervailing duties on phosphate imports from Morocco. The White House framed the move as emergenc

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Clean Water, Cleaner Books

Conservation just walked into the farm office carrying a calculator and a smug little grin. Minnesota farms enrolled in the state’s water quality certification program posted stronger financial numbers again, which is deeply inconvenient for anyone who enjoys pretending conservation is only a cost center. By the numbers: Certified farms averaged just over $197,500 in 2025 net farm income, compared with about $129,400 for non-certified farms. That is not pocket lint. That is a

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Biofuel Gets Its Carbon Calculator

USDA just handed biofuels a carbon calculator, because apparently the road to regenerative agriculture runs through a spreadsheet wearing a safety vest. The department finalized its rule for regenerative agricultural biofuel feedstocks, laying out how carbon intensity should be quantified, reported and verified for domestic crops. Carbon math: The Federal Register version gives the program its official policy backbone. The practical goal is to create a more consistent way to

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Labor Bill Tries to Grow Legs

Congress is taking another swing at farm labor reform, which is brave, considering this policy field has eaten more good intentions than a combine with a loose bearing. Glenn “GT” Thompson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is moving a fresh attempt to modernize agricultural labor law, with growers hoping this one does not immediately sink into Washington mud. The wrinkle: The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act is built around the H-2A guestworker program, the le

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