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Beef Herd Gets a Booster Shot

Washington is trying to rebuild the cattle herd, which is adorable because cows still insist on using biology instead of a policy memo. Herd help: The new Ranchers First Initiative gives producers a few more tools to keep females in the pasture instead of sending the future to town. The package includes a Beef Retention and National Development endorsement, letting producers insure the economic value of breeding over a two-year period through livestock risk protection. Grass

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USDA Service Gets Put on Hold

Farmers can handle paperwork. They would just prefer the paperwork come with a human on the other end of the counter. Office hours: Staffing losses across USDA are making basic services harder to reach in parts of farm country, from loans and grants to conservation technical help. In one reported example, New Mexico farmers Mary and Zachariah Ben waited months for a USDA loan tied to a 47-acre expansion. Private financing helped fill the gap, which is a polite way of saying t

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EPA Hands Refiners a Biofuel Hall Pass

The rumor mill became a rulemaking mill, and corn country is once again standing near the blender with one eyebrow raised. Waiver math: EPA announced decisions on 34 small refinery exemption petitions for 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard obligations. The agency granted 18 full exemptions, 11 partial exemptions, denied three and found two ineligible. That is not a tiny paperwork shuffle. It is a stack of fuel policy receipts big enough to make ethanol plants start stress-chewing c

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Beef Herd Gets a Booster Shot

Washington is trying to rebuild the cattle herd, which is adorable because cows still insist on using biology instead of a policy memo. Herd help: The new Ranchers First Initiative gives producers a few more tools to keep females in the pasture instead of sending the future to town. The package includes a Beef Retention and National Development endorsement, letting producers insure the economic value of breeding over a two-year period through livestock risk protection. Grass

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USDA Service Gets Put on Hold

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USDA Service Gets Put on Hold

Farmers can handle paperwork. They would just prefer the paperwork come with a human on the other end of the counter. Office hours: Staffing losses across USDA are making basic services harder to reach in parts of farm country, from loans and grants to conservation technical help. In one reported example, New Mexico farmers Mary and Zachariah Ben waited months for a USDA loan tied to a 47-acre expansion. Private financing helped fill the gap, which is a polite way of saying t

Farming

6 hours ago

EPA Hands Refiners a Biofuel Hall Pass

The rumor mill became a rulemaking mill, and corn country is once again standing near the blender with one eyebrow raised. Waiver math: EPA announced decisions on 34 small refinery exemption petitions for 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard obligations. The agency granted 18 full exemptions, 11 partial exemptions, denied three and found two ineligible. That is not a tiny paperwork shuffle. It is a stack of fuel policy receipts big enough to make ethanol plants start stress-chewing c

Farming

6 hours ago

Beef Herd Gets a Booster Shot

Washington is trying to rebuild the cattle herd, which is adorable because cows still insist on using biology instead of a policy memo. Herd help: The new Ranchers First Initiative gives producers a few more tools to keep females in the pasture instead of sending the future to town. The package includes a Beef Retention and National Development endorsement, letting producers insure the economic value of breeding over a two-year period through livestock risk protection. Grass

Livestock

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Cow Wearables Enter the Methane Chat

Cows have officially entered their wearable-tech era, and somehow the Apple Watch still does not track cud. Strap in: ZELP commercially released ZELP Sense, a device designed to measure methane and carbon dioxide from individual cattle in real farm settings. The system sits near the nostrils, ships data through automated transfer and reports emissions through an app, because apparently even burps need a dashboard now. The point: The company says the wearable has gone through

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4 days ago

Biofuel Waivers Throw Ethanol Into the Blender

Biofuels had finally found a little tailwind, so naturally Washington grabbed the weather machine. The rumor mill: Reports that EPA may grant nearly double the expected number of small refinery exemptions from 2025 Renewable Fuel Standard obligations have rattled biofuel groups. The concern is not tiny. If nearly all refinery requests get a pass, industry leaders say roughly 1 billion gallons of biofuel demand could disappear from the blend pile. Backstory barrel: EPA already

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Canada Tariffs Put Ag Equipment in the Crosshairs

The U.S. and Canada are now doing that neighborly thing where everyone smiles at the mailbox while pricing out retaliatory tariffs. The list: Canada says counter-tariffs will take effect Sept. 8 on products covering $27.6 billion in U.S. imports, with rates of 15%, 25% and 50%. The targets include steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. Nothing says “stable trading partner” like making lawn mowers read customs law. Farm machinery mat

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Beef Supply Band-Aid Gets the Cattlemen Snorting

Meat case math: President Donald Trump wants cheaper ground beef, so Washington is reaching for the oldest trick in the pantry: more supply, now served with a generous helping of “don’t ask where it came from.” The plan would let up to 300,000 metric tons of lean beef trimmings enter the U.S. for 90 days without the out-of-quota tariff, tied to a promised 25% discount. The sizzle: Consumers are still staring down record-high beef prices, and the U.S. herd is sitting near a 75

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Aug 25

Deere Workers Reject the Easy Button

No deal, Deere: UAW members at John Deere voted down a proposed contract extension that would have stretched the current agreement through 2029. The offer included 4% annual wage increases, $3,000 yearly bonuses and no major changes to pensions or health care, which sounds tidy until workers remember job security also exists. Green machine tension: Shawn Fain, UAW president, said workers know their worth and want the company back at the table in 2027. Deere said it was disapp

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USDA Service Gets Put on Hold

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EPA Hands Refiners a Biofuel Hall Pass

Beef Herd Gets a Booster Shot

Cow Wearables Enter the Methane Chat

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Canada Tariffs Put Ag Equipment in the Crosshairs

Beef Supply Band-Aid Gets the Cattlemen Snorting

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