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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

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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

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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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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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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

17 hours ago

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

Policy

17 hours ago

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

Crops

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Traceability Battle for Canadian Cattle

Traceability is the name of the game when it comes to animal health. But Canada has delayed its changes to beef traceability regulations after big pushback from cattle producers. Rewind: Before the 2003 Mad Cow Crisis, Canadian cattle traceability efforts started to note where infected animals were from and where they went. At the national Cattle Traceability Summit in 2011, the Cattle Implementation Plan was created, then adopted and endorsed by 19 organizations in 2016. Thr

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Trouble in Paradise: Rain Hits Hawaiian Farmers

Hawaii floods? No mahalo. Maybe too many rainbows: Back in March, rain hit paradise. A lot of rain. Farms are struggling after some areas in Hawaii received more than 60 inches of rain in less than two weeks. This is locally known as a “Kona low” in Hawaii. The governor says it’s the worst flooding since 2004. Farms fight upstream: Hawaii Farm Bureau says there’s nearly $50M in damages to 2K farms, including to crops, livestock, and machinery. Many of the farms in Hawaii are

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China Agreement Holds Promise

Big news out of China this week, where the country has agreed to buy agricultural products (including beef and poultry) at an annualized rate of $17B per year for 2026, 2027, and 2028. The White House made this announcement on Sunday, two days after President Trump came back from a summit in Beijing where he tried to ease the burdens on U.S. farmers after he launched the trade war last year. Additionally, China will purchase 25M metric tons of soybeans, per an agreement from

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