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Much like the price of eggs during the Biden administration, the cost of beef has become an emblem of the affordability crisis in America. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

‘Not a happy Trump supporter’: U.S. Cattle ranchers hit by push for lower beef prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek 5 days ago

Much like the price of eggs during the Biden administration, the cost of beef has become an emblem of the affordability crisis in Donald Trump’s America. Beef prices hit record highs earlier this year as the cattle herd shrank and consumer demand remained strong.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin and top EPA officials met with MAHA members to discuss pesticide and chemical exposure policy, according to the attendees. PHOTO: FILE

News, Reuters

US EPA meets with Make America Healthy Again leaders about pesticides, chemicals

By Leah Douglas, Reuters December 23, 2025

Top officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held at least six meetings this month with members of the Make America Healthy Again movement as agency head Lee Zeldin pledges to more closely align with the movement’s agenda, according to four people who attended the meetings.

The USDA should take “renewed action” to fight bird flu as infections rise during the winter months, said 23 U.S. senators in a letter sent on Wednesday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Photo: Getty Images Plus

Livestock, News, Reuters

U.S. senators push USDA for urgent action on bird flu vaccine

By Leah Douglas, Reuters December 11, 2025

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week urged the administration of President Donald Trump to finalize a science-based plan for developing a bird flu vaccine for livestock, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

News, Reuters

Trump administration may delay biofuel import credit cuts as refiners balk

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By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters November 19, 2025

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering delaying for one or two years its proposed cuts in incentives for imported biofuels amid pressure from U.S. refiners who argue the move could raise costs and tighten fuel supplies, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

News, Reuters

Beijing lifts some tariffs on U.S. farm goods but soybeans stay costly

By Reuters November 5, 2025

China will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, including duties on farm goods, after last week’s meeting of the two countries’ leaders, Beijing confirmed on Wednesday, but imports of U.S. soybeans still face a 13 per cent tariff.

FILE PHOTO: A worker applies sanitizing talcum powder to livestock amid an increase in cases of screwworm since August, with the outbreak steadily moving north, in San Antonino Castillo Velasco, Mexico, October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata/File Photo

Livestock, News, Reuters

U.S. not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says

By Cassandra Garrison, Reuters November 4, 2025

The U.S. is not yet ready to reopen its border to Mexican cattle amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, but she is pleased with Mexico’s efforts to contain the pest.

News

American agriculture groups call for full renewal of CUSMA trade deal

By Jonah Grignon October 30, 2025

American food and agriculture groups are calling for a full 16-year renewal of the Canada-United States-Mexico-Agreement (CUSMA).

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the press, on the day of U.S.-China talks on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo

Markets, News, Reuters

China to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans this season, Bessent says

By David Lawder, Reuters October 30, 2025

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans during the current season through January and has committed to buying 25 million tons annually for the next three years as part of a larger trade agreement with Beijing.

Livestock, News, Reuters

Mexico agriculture secretary says still no date for restarting cattle exports to U.S.

By Cassandra Garrison, Reuters October 29, 2025

Mexican Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue said on Wednesday that Mexico and the United States have not yet set a date to resume Mexican cattle exports amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite.

Soybean field north of Selkirk, Manitoba.

Comment, Markets

Lack of China trade deal threatens soybeans, canola market

Trump’s shift to Argentina shows lack of respect to U.S. soybean growers

By Adam Peleshaty October 24, 2025

American soybean growers – and by extension, Canadian canola growers — are, at some point, in for big disappointment on their grain market realities.

Daily Network News

Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving

Argentine farmers bag last fields of a dream wheat season

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

Tag Archives U.S. government

‘Not a happy Trump supporter’: U.S. Cattle ranchers hit by push for lower beef prices

US EPA meets with Make America Healthy Again leaders about pesticides, chemicals

U.S. senators push USDA for urgent action on bird flu vaccine

Trump administration may delay biofuel import credit cuts as refiners balk

Beijing lifts some tariffs on U.S. farm goods but soybeans stay costly

U.S. not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says

American agriculture groups call for full renewal of CUSMA trade deal

China to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans this season, Bessent says

Mexico agriculture secretary says still no date for restarting cattle exports to U.S.

Lack of China trade deal threatens soybeans, canola market

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