Policy Updates
Pro Farmer’s latest updates on agricultural policy news, legislative updates, and regulatory enforcement impacting U.S. farmers and agribusinesses.
Deere earnings/U.S. farm income linkage | Gaetz out, Bondi in | Casey concedes | Remaining House races | Mexico disrupting U.S. dry edible beans
Deere stock rises on earnings beat despite weak guidance | Trump more flexible on China than other China hawks?
Stealth farm bill | U.S. closes embassy in Kyiv | $2 bil. for specialty crops | Firms prepare for tariffs
Stabenow’s lame-duck farm bill is lame; puts partisan politics before farm bill completion
Includes $24 billion for USDA and $40 billion for FEMA
Stabenow releases farm bill | RFJ Jr. eats McDonald’s sandwich | Trump tariff details key
Dems only being briefed so far as most say too late for serious farm bill developments
Battle to be Trump Treasury secretary | Trump personnel update | Ag focus on disaster aid, financial relief, and long-shot farm bill
Jimmy Emmons is latest possibility
RFK Jr. | Doug Burgum | H-2A program | Ag frets over deportation plans | Mexico to enshrine non-GMO white corn protections
Nomination sparks debate over Kennedy’s anti-vaccine stance and Senate support
GOP officially gets their trifecta | Gaetz shocker | Rubio tapped | RFJ Jr. | Farm bill
EPA sends RFS volume adjustment rule to OMB | CBO updates projections of House farm bill
Proponents and opponents making their views known
Trump continues to accelerate key personnel announcements
Secret GOP voting for new Senate majority leader | GOP gets closer to House control
GOP getting closer to winning House; GOP takes 53 Senate seats to 47 for Dems
House update | Senate update | FOMC | Impact of Trump’s trade policy ideas | China’s latest stimulus program
China wants to limit soybean imports | FOMC expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points | David Wasserman on 2024 elections