Policy Updates
Pro Farmer’s latest updates on agricultural policy news, legislative updates, and regulatory enforcement impacting U.S. farmers and agribusinesses.
IMF: Global growth of 2.8% this year, 3% in 2024 | U.S. economy expanding 1.6% this year
EPA vehicle emissions standards rule coming Wed. | Russia comments on Ukraine grain exports
IMF/World Bank meetings | Deficit grows | EPA announcement | Biden to Ireland
Labor force participation rate highest since pandemic began
Senate Ag Committee to gear up action after the Easter break on new farm bill
Request comes in budget views and estimates letter
John Deere & space | Milk rebrand? | Election results in Chicago, Wis. | Trump | Trade policy
Trump in court | California’s snowpack one of largest on record | Judge dismisses Kentucky’s challenge to Biden’s WOTUS rule
U.S. ethanol gets positive news from Japan
Employment report Friday | OPEC+ oil production cut | Disaster aid & crop insurance
Treasury Dept. finally releases info re: EV subsidies
More U.S. corn to China | State of U.S. dairy industry | Ag checkoffs | FAPRI vs CBO
China continues its big purchases of U.S. corn with another daily sale today
GAO report: Departments need to improve job of measuring progress to spur SAF production
GOP lawmaker tells USTR Tai she is ‘too nice’ for job as trade chief
Economic focus: Hearings on bank failures, reports on U.S. household spending and home prices, Fed’s preferred inflation gauge
Risk aversion rising again | Biden trade policy | Yellen walks back a walk back | TikTok
Yellen backtracks on adopting universal deposit insurance | Fed says no rate cuts this year
CFTC releases more data | Xi/Putin | EPA chief to testify | Stepped-up basis tax rule protection
Xi invites Putin to visit China as two leaders sign pacts and discuss war cooperation