🌾 Ags this week: 🌍 Middle East escalation → higher Crude, weaker risk assets, continued inflows into ags (record Sugar buying last week). 📈 Key events: USDA acreage Tuesday, NFP jobs Friday. 📊 The U.S. Plains need rain. 🌧️ Seasonals turn bullish into April. #CrudeOil #Grains #USDA

DOGE cuts to USDA hit Iowa harder than almost any other state. Rural development loans. Farm Service Agency offices. Conservation program funding.

Iowa's agricultural economy runs on federal infrastructure. Strip it away and farms fail. #NoKings #Iowa #USDA

DOGE cuts to USDA hit Iowa harder than almost any other state. Rural development loans. Farm Service Agency offices. Conservation program funding.

Iowa's agricultural economy runs on federal infrastructure. Strip it away and farms fail. #NoKings #Iowa #USDA

As someone who is on constant #FinstadWatch, I received an email entitled "Finstad....is this because he is FULL OF SHIT ??????????????" alerting me to #HR8104 Fertilizer Transparency Act which would require #USDA to publish weekly #fertilizer price data online (hmm sounds like more government)

Join the DTN WASDE Report Webinar 2026

Our ag-industry favorite, the #WASDE report #webinar covering April’s #USDA WASDE report is on April 9. Join Rhett Montgomery, DTN Lead Analyst, and hear in-depth insights into #corn, #soy, #wheat, and more: dtn.link/xbzsik

#grains #agriculture #AgWebinar #webinar #GrainStocks #AgMarkets

Trump's 'farmer' event= corporate landowners & agribusiness execs. Black farmers weren't invited. Again. While his USDA just canceled $300M in grants that help actual farmers. This is not a celebration of farmers. He's celebrating those who've replaced them. #BlackFarmers #USDA

The Superstition Wilderness inside the Tonto National Forest; Arizona USA. Galaxy S24 + Snapseed.
#ForestFriday
#USForestService
#USDA

So many factors influencing the farm economy right now. Rising fertilizer prices affect corn. Export market uncertainty (China) affect soybeans. High costs tied to the war and tariffs. Distrust of #USDA data due to major staff cutbacks. No #FarmBill in sight.

The USDA Just Issued a Health Alert for Ground Beef That May Be Contaminated With Metal The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for White Oak Pastures ground beef that may be contaminated with metal pieces. The groun...

#ElonMusk and #DOGE gutted the #USDA.
(www.wired.com/story/usda-f...)
Now, #Recall after #Recall.
#GroundBeef
#MetalContamination

www.allrecipes.com/ground-beef-...

#USDA announces 105,000 metric tons of #soybeans to unknown

Trump to Announce Aid for U.S. Farmers Friday Trump will announce measures Friday, Mar 27, 2026; 2018 USDA aid was ~$12bn. Markets will focus on program design and payout timing, not just headline size.

Trump to Announce Aid for U.S. Farmers Friday: Trump will announce measures Friday, Mar 27, 2026; 2018 USDA aid was ~$12bn. Markets will focus on program design and payout timing, not just headline size. 👈 Read full analysis #Trump #Farmers #Agriculture #USDA #Aid

#USDA export sales 397,200 metric tons old crop +46% from 4 week average, 205,800 of new, #corn 1.218 million -10%, 135,000 new, #sorghum 3,900 -89%, #soybeans 668,900 +89%, 27,000 new, meal 507,600 oil 800 -74%, #beef 10,700 -19%, #pork 40,300 +23%

#FinstadWatch

BREAKING
March 25 2026, the #FinstadForCongress "brand new website" went live.

#RepFinstad touts as "proof" of supporting #Farms three bills that have NOT been enacted
#HR3283 #FARMER Act
#HR6143 #PRECISE Act
#HR7426 #USDA Express Loan Act

#FinstadFails

#TimeForChange in #MN01

The USDA gutted a $300 million program for minority farmers, and their wild excuse? Something about gazebos A lifeline cut.

The #USDA gutted a $300 million program for #minority #farmers, and their wild excuse? Something about #gazebos

wegotthiscovered.com/news/the-usd...

Trump administration’s views regarding #gender ideology and immigration-related policies “bear no meaningful relationship” to the purposes of many #USDA programs.

Guidelines for 2026 Chief FOIA Officer Reports

ℹ️ This year, it was DOJs Office of Information Policy (OIP)who issued FOIA guidelines. In years past, it was Office of Management and Budget (OMB) but w/this admin, it could be anyone here on out 😫 - www.justice.gov/oip/oip-guid... #NARA #DOD #DOW? #HHS #AG #USDA (take your pick)

USDA cancels $300 million program to help farmers buy land amid anti-DEI push The Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, awarded roughly $300 million to roughly 50 projects for five-year contracts beginning in 2023.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

#USDA
#ScrewsFarmersAgain

FU Brooke Rollins and Vought/Miller anti DEI BS

2026 ‘Dirty Dozen’ produce: Nearly 100% tested positive for pesticides, including ‘forever chemicals’ | CNN The 2026 “Dirty Dozen” list of most contaminated produce has a worrisome finding. Many of the most common pesticides are also potentially toxic “forever chemicals.”

2026 ‘Dirty Dozen’ produce: Nearly 100% tested positive for pesticides, including ‘forever chemicals’

#Food #Fruit #Vegetables #Pesticides #PFAS #Health #FoodSafety #USDA #USpoli #USA #EPA #Agriculture #Water #GroceryStores #Cdnpoli #UStrade #Cancer #BirthDefects

www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/h...

#USDA, #animalslaughter, #AnimalRights
Exports to South Africa: in every state...from 2023
Fresh/chilled and frozen poultry and poultry products derived from birds originating from the following zones are ineligible due to virulent Newcastle disease (vND)

#USDA, #animalslaughter, #AnimalRights
Development of a microwave stunning system for cattle
Reversible stunning, microwave animal brains for slaughter. USDA site is a MUST to get updates from. There is a long list of updates you can automatically get as they arrive. We must know everything.

Available here linda-howes.pixels.com/featured/sta...

#wallartforsale #wallart #gift #giftideas #science #USDA #StaphylococcusAuereus #5000x #Magnified #BacterialCells #ElectronMicroscope #MicroOrganism #SEM #Phagocytes #ARS #EMU

Attorney General Clark sues Trump for holding hostage billions in USDA funding | Vermont Business Magazine

The coalition assert that USDA has threatened harsh penalties if states do not comply with the agency’s vague and expansive funding conditions relating to immigration, DEI and gender identity, which are unrelated to the purpose of USDA funding. #vtlaw #USDA
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#USDA export inspections #corn 1.700 million metric tons #sorghum 182,179 #soybeans 1.102 million #wheat 458,411

#USDA announces 102,000 metric tons of #corn and 161,120 of #soybeans to #Mexico

Tribal leaders bash USDA's plan to relocate thousands of staff and shutter offices Agriculture's reorganization would create inconveniences and damage relationships the tribal governments have worked hard to establish, they told the department.

Tribal leaders are warning USDA’s relocation plan could break trust, drain expertise, and disrupt services to Native communities. #USDA says it will improve access, but tribes say the impact could be serious. via Eric Katz