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China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on Beef and Pork

It was only a matter of time… before retaliatory tariffs imposed by China would hit U.S. beef and pork exports.

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May 8

E15 In Time for Summer

‘Tis the season! … for the EPA to approve E15 usage across the nation for the summer. It’s becoming a bit of an annual tradition. The emergency waiver goes into effect May 1. E15 an emergency? According to Todd Neeley of the Progressive Farmer, Biden’s EPA finalized a rule on February 22, 2024, allowing eight Midwestern states to permanently sell E15 year-round with delayed implementation to April 28, 2025.

Policy

May 8

RIP: Rest in Paying off Your Taxes

Living is expensive, but so is dying. (Whoa, getting dark in here.) Truly, losing a loved one is a dark enough time… then the IRS comes knocking nine months later to ask for money from someone no longer with us. *Pretends to not be home* ‘Til death and beyond do us part: The estate tax, aka, “death” tax, is one of many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire Dec. 31 this year.

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May 8

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Sensing Some (Plant) Stress

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One Weekend That Hints at Ag’s Future

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China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on Beef and Pork

It was only a matter of time… before retaliatory tariffs imposed by China would hit U.S. beef and pork exports.

Policy

May 8

E15 In Time for Summer

‘Tis the season! … for the EPA to approve E15 usage across the nation for the summer. It’s becoming a bit of an annual tradition. The emergency waiver goes into effect May 1. E15 an emergency? According to Todd Neeley of the Progressive Farmer, Biden’s EPA finalized a rule on February 22, 2024, allowing eight Midwestern states to permanently sell E15 year-round with delayed implementation to April 28, 2025.

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May 8

RIP: Rest in Paying off Your Taxes

Living is expensive, but so is dying. (Whoa, getting dark in here.) Truly, losing a loved one is a dark enough time… then the IRS comes knocking nine months later to ask for money from someone no longer with us. *Pretends to not be home* ‘Til death and beyond do us part: The estate tax, aka, “death” tax, is one of many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act set to expire Dec. 31 this year.

Policy

May 8

U.S. and Mexico Fight Over Screwworm

Mexico might find itself screwed out of animal exports if it doesn’t let the U.S. step in to help eradicate the New World Screwworm outbreak. According to Ag Secretary Brook Rollins' letter to her Mexican counterpart, Mexico has been limiting companies hired for aerial spraying to eliminate the pests. They were only flying six days a week and put “burdensome custom duties” on parts needed for these planes.

Policy

May 8

Salmonella Framework Gets the Boot from USDA

The USDA is hatching a different plan after withdrawing a proposed regulatory framework aimed at reducing salmonella outbreaks from raw poultry products. Hot off the nest: The agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will no longer require companies to reduce salmonella bacteria in products beyond current requirements. That reverses a proposal from the Biden administration.

Policy

May 8

Researchers Becoming Hungry Like the Wolves

Researchers at the University of California-Davis are hungry like the wolf after seeing how many losses cattle ranchers are incurring because of the state’s protected gray wolf population. Spoiler alert: Losses are in the millions of dollars. Background: The gray wolf was thought to be extinct in California until it crossed over the Oregon state line in 2011.

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May 8

Pollinator Power Bars

The sweet solution: A miracle for beekeepers facing historic hive losses has emerged from the fields at Washington State University and Belgium’s APIX Biosciences NV after almost a decade of research. Researchers developed a new food source to sustain bees without pollen: basically a Power Bar for bees.

Technology

May 8

States Sue Trump Over Tariffs

The latest update in the tariff saga: 13 states—plus a few more parties—are suing President Trump. On the west coast, Governor Gavin Newsom and State Attorney General Rob Bonta kicked things off by suing Trump’s administration at a district court in California. Their argument is Congress, not the president, has dominion over tariff policy, and the president can’t use tariffs in an economic emergency.

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