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Daybreak May 26: Chinese poultry restrictions lifted

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
China lifts HPAI poultry export restrictions for 17 states Seventeen states are no longer facing HPAI restrictions for exports of poultry to China, the National Chicken Council says. The Agriculture Department has updated its website to indicate China has lifted HPAI-related export restrictions for those states for products produced after May 15.
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Daybreak May 21: EU charts path ahead for US trade deal

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
EU reaches agreement on U.S. trade pact The European Council and Parliament have hashed out an agreement on the path forward for a U.S.-European Union trade pact agreed to last year. The EU has still not ratified the deal, despite pressure from President Donald Trump and senior administration officials to begin implementing the provisions. Early Wednesday, after several hours of discussions, the two bodies agreed to move the deal forward with several additional measures approved by the Parliament.
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Over 100 lawmakers call for sugar trade probe

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
A bipartisan group of more than 100 lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to launch a probe into unfair trade practices from sugar-producing countries. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer first shared with Agri-Pulse,109 lawmakers led by Sens. John Hoeven, R-S.D., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Reps. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., and Troy Carter, D-La., argue that imports of foreign, subsidized sugar are threatening U.S. producers.
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China’s tariff retaliation caused almost $15 billion in lost sales, study finds

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
From March 2025 to February 2026, U.S. ag exporters lost $14.9 billion in sales to China on an annualized basis due to Chinese tariff retaliation, a new study finds, with soybeans accounting for almost half of the losses. The figure dwarfs the losses recorded in the first year of U.S-China trade tensions in President Donald Trump’s first term.
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Daybreak May 20: Rubio stumps for Lindberg at UN

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Rubio goes to bat for Lindberg at the UN Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making the case at the United Nations to push Luke Lindberg’s candidacy to lead the World Food Program. In a post to X on Tuesday, Rubio said he had spoken with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres about the USDA undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs. “His appointment is essential to ensuring [the UN] operates with the transparency and accountability required to feed the world,” Rubio wrote.
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Ag groups push for more reciprocity in African trade preference program

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The Trump administration is considering how to overhaul a trade preference program for African economies. U.S. agriculture sees an opportunity to extract trade concessions and reduce trade irritants. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) provides sub-Saharan African countries with tariff-free access to the U.S. market for more than 1,800 eligible products.
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China is applying its manufacturing playbook to food

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
Chinese agrifood exports for certain food products are rising amid a new focus on the issue. Beijing is deploying a similar approach to the one used to build manufacturing competitiveness, which included subsidies, building industry clusters and picking national champions. But, unlike in manufacturing, the effort is unlikely to lead to new frictions with U.S. industry as the products should not directly compete with American exports.
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Daybreak May 19: Democrats want to keep three nations in USMCA

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Ways and Means Dems set USMCA review priorities, oppose ‘combative’ rhetoric House Ways and Means Committee Democrats are urging the administration to tone down the rhetoric heading into discussions with Canada and Mexico on the future of a North American trade deal. They argue that the deal’s environmental, labor and economic security provisions could be bolstered, but stress it should remain a trilateral agreement. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement six-year review is slated for July.
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Daybreak May 19: Democrats want to keep three nations in USMCA

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Ways and Means Dems set USMCA review priorities, oppose ‘combative’ rhetoric House Ways and Means Committee Democrats are urging the administration to tone down the rhetoric heading into discussions with Canada and Mexico on the future of a North American trade deal. They argue that the deal’s environmental, labor and economic security provisions could be bolstered, but stress it should remain a trilateral agreement. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement six-year review is slated for July.
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Daybreak May 18: China to buy at least $17 billion in ag products, lift poultry trade barriers, White House says

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Details of what President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to around agricultural market access continue to trickle out. Over the weekend, the White House said Beijing would buy at least $17 billion in U.S. ag products annually through 2028, in addition to the 25 million tons of soybeans it committed to in October. Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the White House said there would also be revived market access for U.S. poultry.
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Washington Week Ahead: China deals, tomatoes and midterms in focus

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman 
| Agri-Pulse
Agriculture markets are analyzing the outcome of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while U.S. lawmakers are taking in the latest sign of a tumultuous political season ahead. China will buy at least $17 billion in American agricultural commodities each year for the next three years, on top of preexisting commitments on soybeans, as part of an agreement struck during Trump’s visit to Beijing, according to the White House.
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China commits to at least $17 billion in ag buys a year, alongside soybean pledge, White House says

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
China will buy at least $17 billion in U.S. agricultural commodities each year for the next three years – on top of preexisting commitments on soybeans – as part of a deal struck during President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, according to the White House. In addition to those purchases, the administration separately secured commitments to revive poultry and beef exports.
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US and China to set up trade and investment boards, as ag awaits more details

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
A senior Chinese official confirmed on Friday that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to establish boards of trade and investment to manage the bilateral economic relationship and made progress on agricultural talks. But neither side has provided firm details on what ag measures were agreed to during Trump's China visit.
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Daybreak May 15: Farm aid timing and vehicle still uncertain

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By Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman 
| Agri-Pulse
Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees and GOP leadership have called for $15-$20 billion in farm aid, but details remain unclear.
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Greer: Double-digit billion Chinese ag purchase commitments are coming

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the U.S. expects China will commit to purchasing "double-digit" billions of U.S. agricultural products annually following President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing.
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'It's complicated': Senate Ag chair says E15 bill needs changes

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman 
| Agri-Pulse
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman says he applauds the American Soybean Association for voicing concern about a bill to expand the corn ethanol market and overhaul how small oil refiners are treated under the Renewable Fuel Standard. “It’s really divided a lot of people,” the Arkansas Republican told Agri-Pulse in an interview Thursday.
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Confusion surrounds beef registrations, as Trump, Xi talk ag buys

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held the first of two bilateral meetings Thursday scheduled during Trump’s state visit to Beijing, in which the pair discussed increasing China’s agricultural imports. Beijing appeared to offer a concession on beef export registrations ahead of the meeting, but the status of the registrations is still not clear.
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Daybreak May 13: E15’s projected increase to U.S. deficit could hurt vote

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
A standalone bill to allow year-round, voluntary sales of 15% ethanol fuel blends, up from the standard 10% now, is set for a vote in the House today as champions and critics of the legislation go into a final stretch of frenzied lobbying. Obstacles to passage include a formal Congressional Budget Office projection that the bill, H.R. 1346, would lead to a net increase in the federal deficit of $2.3 billion from 2026-36.
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Fertilizer analyst: Lowest phosphate price for 2026 may have passed

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
U.S. phosphate prices may already be beyond their low point for 2026, a fertilizer analyst said Tuesday. “Nobody wants to look at this thing right now, because it’s early May. There's a long time until the next application season,” StoneX Vice President of Fertilizer Josh Linville said Tuesday.
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Trump says Makary is no longer FDA commissioner

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is out. The commissioner had reportedly been under fire in recent weeks over a string of policy disagreements with the administration and lawmakers. “Marty is a terrific guy, but he's going to go on and he's going to lead a good life,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
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USDA expects smallest wheat crop in decades, less corn, more soybeans

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
In its first estimates for the 2026-2027 marketing year, the Agriculture Department is anticipating a steep drop in U.S. wheat supplies, as well as a decrease in corn, but higher prices for both corn and soybeans as demand for biofuels grows. USDA unveiled its first outlook for 2026-2027 in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report Tuesday.
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Daybreak May 12: USDA to guess at new U.S. crop prospects while war clouds outlook

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Farmers, traders and policymakers get a first official look at USDA’s supply and demand estimates for the 2026-27 marketing year on Tuesday, with questions swirling around grain and oilseed export demand, domestic crop use and this season’s production outlook. U.S. old and new crop demand estimates will be influenced by what ends up happening in South America.
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White House ‘fine-tuning’ beef actions amid industry criticism

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The Trump administration said Tuesday it is “fine-tuning” its planned executive actions to boost beef imports and support efforts to expand the domestic cattle herd. The White House had said the president was poised to sign two executive orders on Monday, but neither materialized. At briefings with industry and congressional offices, the administration said it would be suspending tariff-rate quotas for beef-exporting countries for 200 days.
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Trump to sign executive orders to boost beef imports, cattle supply

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
President Donald Trump will sign a pair of executive orders Monday to expand beef imports and grow the domestic cattle herd, according to a White House official.
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Mosaic to scale back US phosphate production over high input costs

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The leading U.S. phosphate producer said Monday that it would reduce its domestic production over surging prices for sulfuric acid, a critical input, further denting the administration’s push to lower fertilizer prices and grow domestic supplies. The move also imperils global supplies of the crucial crop nutrient.
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Daybreak May 11: Fertilizer price debate takes spotlight in Senate

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
The cost and availability of fertilizer will be scrutinized at a Senate Ag Committee hearing on Tuesday. It’s the latest attempt by Washington officials to get a stronger grasp on what’s behind higher prices for crop nutrients and how to make the U.S. less reliant on foreign fertilizer markets. The hearing comes amid calls for heightened scrutiny of the industry. Bills have been introduced in Congress to improve fertilizer price transparency.
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Washington Week Ahead: Trump in China, fertilizer scrutiny on Capitol Hill

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
Lawmakers return to Washington and President Donald Trump travels to Beijing as snarled trade flows dim the outlook for worldwide energy and food supplies. On Capitol Hill, the Senate Agriculture Committee examines elevated fertilizer prices on Tuesday, while the House is expected to vote on a bill to allow year-round sales of higher ethanol fuel blends, known as E15, as soon as Wednesday.
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Daybreak May 8: Trump, Lula talk trade as administration weighs expanding beef imports

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and President Donald Trump met at the White House Thursday to discuss trade and tariffs, according to Trump. The pair were scheduled to speak to reporters together but ended up skipping the press appearance. Reuters reported Wednesday that JBS co-owner billionaire Joesley Batista had been instrumental in brokering the meeting. “Additional meetings will be scheduled over the coming months, as necessary,” Trump wrote on social media after the meeting.
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Court of International Trade finds global tariff unlawful

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The Court of International Trade dealt the Trump administration another trade policy blow Thursday, ruling that a 10% global tariff applied to most U.S. imports is illegal. The case is an amalgamation of legal challenges brought by two small businesses – Burlap & Barrel, a New York-based spice vendor, and Basic Fun!, a Florida-based toy company – and a group of 24 Democratic states' attorneys general.
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Daybreak May 7: Tariffs at odds with MAHA movement, ag and food industries argue

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Tariff critics’ latest arguments against higher duties have been on display this week at a multi-day hearing on an unfair trade investigation into countries’ manufacturing overcapacity. Multiple food industries are now making the case that it pits the administration’s trade policy against its Make America Healthy Again objectives.
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Daybreak May 6: Lindberg makes pitch to lead World Food Program

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
The Trump administration’s pick for the U.S. candidate to helm the World Food Program has laid out his case in an op-ed for Newsweek, arguing he can “unite member states.” “America First, in fact, has never meant America alone,” Luke Lindberg, who currently serves as USDA undersecretary for trade, writes. “[T]his is a moment to choose leadership that is both principled and practical. Leadership that can unite member states.
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After tumultuous year, therapeutic food producers hope farm bill can offer certainty

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The two U.S. companies that produce ready-to-use therapeutic food are hopeful that a provision in the House-passed farm bill that sets a minimum Food for Peace spending level can provide stability. The industry was rocked by a freeze last year on food assistance purchases and recent buys have been subdued as State, then USDA, worked to stand up the program.
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Daybreak May 5: Iran ceasefire under strain as U.S. reports attacks on ships

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Sarah Gonzalez 
| Agri-Pulse
The future of an ongoing ceasefire with Iran is on shaky ground after the U.S. reported attacks on ships the Navy was escorting through the Strait of Hormuz. “Iran has taken some shots at unrelated Nations,” including a South Korean vessel, President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social account Monday. The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defense also said on social media that Iran had launched over a dozen missiles at UAE targets Monday.
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Europe revisits deforestation rule without recommending further simplification

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The European Commission Monday declined to recommend any further changes to the legal text of a forthcoming deforestation rule, although it will narrow the scope to exclude leather products. The U.S. timber industry is lamenting a missed opportunity to address its concerns. The European Union formally adopted a rule to tackle deforestation in EU supply chains in 2023. It would require importers to take steps to ensure products do not come from deforested land.
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Daybreak May 4: U.S.-EU trade tensions flare – again

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Transatlantic trade relations are fraying once more after President Donald Trump on Friday accused the European Union of failing to live up to last year’s deal and vowed to impose higher car tariffs. “[T]he European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal,” Trump wrote to social media Friday. “[N]ext week I will be increasing Tariffs charged to the European Union for Cars and Trucks coming into the United States.” Trump said he would raise the duties from 15% to 25%.
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Daybreak May 1: Farm bill heads to the Senate, House Ag Committee looks ahead

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By Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
With the House passage of the 2026 farm bill Thursday, all eyes turn to the Senate, where lawmakers will have to find a path forward that secures enough Democratic votes to overcome the 60-vote filibuster. In the aftermath of Thursday’s 224-200 House vote, senators previewed the forthcoming fights.
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Senate farm bill markup could come in late May as fault lines take shape

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
All eyes are shifting to the Senate following the House passage of a farm bill Thursday. Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., is targeting the end of May or early June for a bill markup as Democrats prepare for fights on pesticides and food assistance. The House “going ahead and passing something was really helpful to us,” Boozman told Agri-Pulse at the Capitol Thursday. “Congress wants to get a farm bill done.” The Senate is not expected to be in session the last week of May.
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House passes farm bill without pesticide clause; E15 vote set for May 13

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
The House of Representatives passed a farm bill Thursday that would update key agriculture programs and nullify animal-welfare state laws like California's Prop. 12. The vote was 224-200. Fourteen Democrats and one Independent voted for the bill and three Republicans voted against it. The passage comes after tumultuous political fighting over anti-hunger program cuts, pesticide laws and corn-based biofuel.
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House passes farm bill without pesticide clause; E15 vote set for May 13

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
The House of Representatives passed a farm bill Thursday that would update key agriculture programs and nullify animal-welfare state laws like California's Prop. 12. The vote was 224-200. Fourteen Democrats and one Independent voted for the bill and three Republicans voted against it. The passage comes after tumultuous political fighting over anti-hunger program cuts, pesticide laws, corn-based biofuel and more.
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House votes to strip pesticide preemption language from farm bill

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The U.S. House approved a measure aimed at preserving state and local laws on pesticide labeling. A bipartisan amendment offered by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., was approved, 280 to 142. It removes from the proposed farm bill language that would establish supremacy of federal pesticide law over state and local regulations.
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Pesticide fight moves to Senate after MAHA win in House farm bill

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman 
| Agri-Pulse
A fight over pesticide labeling law now shifts to the Senate after House lawmakers voted down a measure that critics argue is a gift to farm chemical companies and supporters say is needed to guard against food supply mayhem. By a vote of 280 to 142, the U.S. House on Thursday approved an amendment to strip from a farm bill language that would preempt state and local rules on pesticide warning labels. The farm bill passed the House, 224-200, and will head to the Senate. The push led by Rep.
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Daybreak April 30: Farm bill debate begins after chaotic day; vote expected today

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Lydia Johnson
| Agri-Pulse
After hours of meetings and tense exchanges, the House finally began debate on the farm bill close to 11 p.m. Wednesday, with leaders aiming for a vote today. “It is now nearly 11 o’clock at night. This is nuts,” Rep. Jim McGovern, D‑Mass., said on the floor. “What the hell is wrong with you people?” The path to the floor repeatedly shifted throughout the day as a push to expand the corn ethanol market scrambled the schedule.
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Farm bill back in play as House to deliberate Wednesday night

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By Lydia Johnson, Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The House is once again scheduled to take up a controversial farm bill Wednesday night, lawmakers say. The chamber is set to begin an hour of debate on H.R. 7567 and then hold votes at around 9 p.m. on amendments to the bill, according to the office of Democratic Whip Katherine Clark.
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Craig urges Senate Democrats to ‘hold the line’ on farm bill

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By Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman 
| Agri-Pulse
The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee is hoping her Senate colleagues will push for a farm bill that reflects more of her party's priorities, urging lawmakers to “hold the line” for a more bipartisan bill. “I would say to my Senate colleagues – I hope my colleagues in the future – that they really should hold the line for a bipartisan product,” Rep. Angie Craig, who is running for Senate in Minnesota in November, told reporters Wednesday.
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak April 29: Rules Committee tees up farm bill for House vote * USDA, Ex-Im sign MOU on ag * ‘Trade over aid’

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By Kim Chipman , Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The farm bill has been teed up for a vote in the House as soon as Wednesday morning, with a stand-alone E15 bill in tow. The House Rules Committee decided to make the measure to allow year-round U.S. sales of higher ethanol blends, or E15, a separate piece of legislation as opposed to a farm bill amendment. Corn and biofuel groups are flooding the zone to rally support for the bill.
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak April 29: Rules Committee tees up farm bill for House vote

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By Kim Chipman , Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The farm bill has been teed up for a House vote as soon as Wednesday morning, with a stand-alone E15 bill in tow. The House Rules Committee opted to advance the measure to allow year-round sales of higher ethanol blends, or E15, a separate piece of legislation rather than a farm bill amendment. Corn and biofuel groups are flooding the zone to rally support for the bill.
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US ag faces ‘important moment’ for boosting Cuba exports

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
The rapid growth of Cuba's private sector offers an avenue to deepen agricultural trade ties without dealing with the Cuban government at a time when import and food assistance needs are high. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's ties to Florida's Cuban immigrant population give the administration a credible negotiator that could secure lasting changes to the relationship, analysts say. But policy reforms are needed on both sides to unleash the full potential of cross-border ag trade.
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Rollins eyeing domestic fertilizer boom in just two years

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By Oliver Ward 
| Agri-Pulse
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that significant growth in domestic fertilizer production is possible in just two years. But even if triple-digit growth materializes, it may not be enough to completely insulate farmers from future price volatility, one analyst warns.
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Daybreak April 28: Exclusive: Marshall bill would block phosphate tariffs

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By Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward , Kim Chipman 
| Agri-Pulse
Sen. Roger Marshall, R‑Kan., is introducing legislation to block tariffs on phosphate fertilizer, saying the move would help lower costs for U.S. growers. The Lowering Input Costs for American Farmers Act, shared exclusively with Agri‑Pulse, would bar the U.S. from imposing Section 122 or Section 301 duties on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco and revoke existing countervailing duty orders. It also would direct refunds of cash deposits already paid.
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Daybreak April 27: Greer recuses self from phosphate decision

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By Kim Chipman , Oliver Ward , Noah Wicks 
| Agri-Pulse
Greer recuses himself from phosphate CVD decision, USTR says The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says that USTR Jamieson Greer has recused himself from any discussions on countervailing duties applied to Moroccan and Russian phosphate fertilizers. Agri-Pulse reported Thursday that USDA and USTR were split on whether those tariffs should be continued. Ag groups have been calling for the duties to be lifted during a five-year sunset review to ease input cost pressures on growers.
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