AG NEWS

• Blueberry Convention Coming to Monterey
• ‘Rough’ peach crop caps a bitter season
• Congressional Candidate Discusses Agriculture, Water, Energy, and the Economy with “The Ag Meter“
• Mysterious Virus Affects Melons
• Use Common Sense When Reading a Pesticide Label
• Stress Hormone Effects in Plans; Farm Bill to Return for September Vote
• Processed tomato growers hope for market recovery
• Election Year Politics Stalls New Farm Bill
• USDA Extends Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Application Deadline, Announces New Flexibilities for 2023 and 2024 Quality Losses
• Endangered Species Act Changes Take Effect August 20
• 10 make-or-break questions for ranchers considering virtual fence
• What Is Going On With Cattle Prices in Recent Weeks?
• After Years of Oversupply, the Combine Market is Tightening
• No Input or Interest Rate Relief in Sight as Ag Economists Flag Rising Farm Debt Stress
• FDA proposes GRAS definition, advances ‘white paper’ on ultraprocessed foods
• USDA Applauds Confirmation of Glen Smith
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• U Of Illinois Study Reveals Major Genetic Weakness For Future Corn Breeding
• American Feed Industry Assn Responds To Proposed Changes To The GRAS Framework
• USDA: Farmland Values Have Climbed Nearly 44% Since 2020
• Choice Cutout Turning the Corner?
• Survey Shows Farmers Want to Know Tech Proof Before Purchase: Farmers Want to Know if Technology Will Pay Off Before Buying In
• Beef Labeling Advances in Senate
• 5Rs of Risk Management: A Framework for Understanding Risk and Resilience
• View From the Cab | Farmers Talk Crop Conditions and Employee Management
• Bulletproof your farm’s fertilizer spending plan
• Senate passes bill to avert shutdown, delay hemp ban as midterms loom
• Some farms are charging $1,500 a night for ‘luxury stays’
• Bayer, Simplot, Winfield United To Change Their Seed Distribution In 2027
• USDA: Farms Receive Larger Share Of Spending On Food At Home Than Food Away From Home
• Ag Retailers Shift From ‘If AI’ To ‘How AI,’ Tech Hub LIVE Session Captures Pivot
• USDA: Farmland Values Have Climbed Nearly 44% Since 2020

• USDA Announces New Crop Insurance Payment Flexibilities, Prevented Planting Option
• MGR-26-009: Deferral of Interest Charges
• USDA: California Had Highest Average Cropland Cash Rent in 2026
• USDA: Pistachio Production Trend Continues Upward Trend
• 2026 Fresno State Grape Day Kicks Off Grape Harvest
• Participants Wanted for Wine Industry Survey
• 2026 Pistachio Week Kicks Off August 10th
• 2026 California Fig Season Begins Strong
• Researchers Explore Agave’s Future in California Agriculture
• AFBF on Farm Bill Markup and Farmers Spend More on Diesel
• USDA Provides Reprieve on Crop Insurance Premiums, Restores Prevent Plant Buy-Up
• Senate Releases Updated Farm Bill Text | The Farm Bill text released on Friday includes the authorization of year-round E15 sales
• Agricultural Risk Is Not a Shock Problem—It’s a Decision Problem
• H-2A Drivers Caught in CDL Freeze FMCSA Rule Leaves Some H-2A Workers Unable to Get Commercial Driver’s Licenses
• Heat and Drought Drag Down Pastures Across Beef Country
• Revitalize Unproductive Salty Soils Steps To Reverse Unproductive Salinity Soils
• ADM raises 2026 profit outlook as biofuels demand surges
• Illinois farmer faces $250,000 pesticide application fine
• USDA Exports: China buys soybeans, Aug. 4, 2026
• How to pick and choose farm tech in the age of ‘decision’ ag
• 5 warning signs that fertilizer prices will stay high indefinitely
• Nurse turned farmer bridges gap between healthcare, ag
• Farm Bureau Reviewing USMCA:: The Backbone Of North American Agriculture Trade
• USDA Releases Vegetables And Pulses Outlook Report
• Here Is The Latest In The Latham Seed Vs Bayer Lawsuit
• Bird Flu on the Move: Understanding Seasonal HPAI Risk in the Mississippi Flyway
• Fertilizer Prices Fall as UAN32 Leads Significant Drops Heading Into August
• Secretary Rollins Announces New Steps to Put Farmers First While at Minnesota Farmfest
• Purdue: Farmer Sentiment Rebounds In July
• Crop Progress Report | 08.04.2026 | PDF
• Agricultural Risk Is Not a Shock Problem—It’s a Decision Problem
• After a Painful July, the Cattle Market Hopes for a Supportive August
• Farm equipment sector eyes 2027 rebound on aging fleet
• 7 questions to ask your ag retailer
• Farm Groups React as Senate Releases Revised Farm Bill Text
• U.S. Farm Agency Staff Warn Trade, Research, Aid Programs at Risk From Reorganization
• US Cropland Tops $6,000 per Acre for First Time in 2026
• What can a robot do in your cornfield?
• Farm Bureau Reviewing USMCA:: The Backbone Of North American Agriculture Trade
• Growth Energy Statement On EPA 2023-2024 SRE Decisions
• USDA Releases Vegetables And Pulses Outlook Report
• Bird Flu on the Move: Understanding Seasonal HPAI Risk in the Mississippi Flyway

• USDA Reminds Ag Producers of Approaching Specialty Crop Deadlines
• California Growers Report Yield Increases Using Clay Applications
• 2026 California Fig Season Begins Strong
• Pistachio Week Begins Aug. 10
• Regulators gain Insight at ABC’s Environmental Stewardship Tour
• National Award Seeks California’s Veteran Farmers
• Drone Spraying Efficiencies
• Land Rush: Data Center Stampede Puts Farmers in Crosshairs of Controversy
• Hot Weather Stresses Pasture Conditions Scorching Heat, Dry Conditions Take Toll on US Pasture and Range
• WTI Below $90 as Middle East Fighting Pause Continues
• Cash rents unlikely to drop despite profit squeeze
• Farmers Applaud Progress to Help Struggling Farm Economy
• Op-Ed: ICGA Focused on Winning Farm Bill, Year-Round E15 and Aid Votes
• Volatile Fertilizer Market Could Change How Farmers Buy Inputs
• USDA Announces Funding For Coordinating Agricultural Development & Innovation Program Benefits
• USDA: Farm Operations Note Commodity Changes In 2022
• House Adopts Budget Proposal for Package with $12 Billion in Farm Aid
• Beef Price-Fixing Class Action Moves Forward Against Four Largest US Packers
• Tyson and JBS shares jump as U.S. to resume Mexico cattle shipments
• Will July go out with a whimper or a bang?
• Farm Business Planning | Should in-laws be included in family farm meetings?
• What’s Going on With Cattle Prices in Recent Weeks?
• Impact of Leverage on Rates of Return of Crop Farms
• How the Cattle Industry Is Reacting to USDA’s Border Reopening
• Ag economist says heifer retention increases, but cattle herd expansion remains uncertain
• Anti-Farming Groups Urge FAA To Reject Rule That Shielding Animal Agribusiness From Drone Oversight
• USDA Lowers Conditions Report: 63% Of Corn And Soybeans In Good To Excellence Shape
• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• Why Farm Owners Avoid Succession Planning Conversations
• July 1 Cattle on Feed Up 2% From Year Ago; July 1 Cattle Inventory Up Slightly

• Almond Alliance Gives Growers a Seat at the Table
• Sonoma County Wine Industry Set to Unify
• University of California Studies Find Gray Wolves Increasing Stress on California Cattle
• Avocado Rootstock Research Advances Through International Collaboration
• Blue Diamond Almond Crop Estimate Revised to 2.6B Pounds
• California Walnut Commission Voices Support for 0% EU Tariff
• Selling More Walnuts into Food Service
• Monterey County Crop Report Shows $4.8 Billion in Fruit and Vegetable Production
• Farm Aid Returns to Reconciliation Talks House GOP Leadership Plan Could Include $20 Billion in Farmer Aid
• Prop 12 Lawsuit Survives Key Ruling Federal Court Keeps Prop 12 Slaughterhouse Case Alive for Triumph Food
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• Mike Johnson Pushes Reconciliation Bill to Fund Defense, Agriculture
• Beginning Farmers: Free Workshop in August
• Oil Prices Surge on US-Iran Escalation, Tanker Hits
• Mexican cattle producers are forging an all-out effort to open the U.S. border to live cattle trade.
• Farmland Farmer Fights Squatter’s Rights After Neighbor Takes Chunk of Cornfield
• USDA Revises Beef Export Data, Lowers Sales By 90%
• Protect farm equity first, then position for upside opportunity
• 2026 Water Resources Development Act moves forward
• Trump drops Hormuz toll after outcry from lawmakers, executives
• 1st Half: U.S. Tractor Sales Down 14%, Combine Sales Down 11%
• Ag Chair John Boozman assesses where his farm bill draft stands
• Artificial Intelligence Poised to Rewrite the Crop Protection Playbook

• EU Opens New 0% Tariff Rate Quota for U.S. Almonds
• Almond Board Seeks Volunteers for Industry Committees 07/07/2026
• California Wine Grape Community Mourns Passing of John Ledbetter
• Setton Farms’ Chocolate Pistachios Selected as Good Housekeeping Awards Winner
• New Bill Aims to Address Agriculture’s Ongoing Labor Shortage
• 250 Years of American Agriculture at a Pivotal Moment
• Major Meatpackers Have Taken in More Than Half a Billion in Tax Subsidies Since 2006
• Beef Imports Divide Trump’s Trade Agenda | US Cattle Groups Oppose US Trade Rep’s Exemption for Brazilian Beef From Proposed Tariffs
• Acreage story ‘far from over’ – remember last year?
• Honey Bees Can Detect Viruses in Food
• NCGA: U.S. Farmers Paying Double for Some Crop Protection Products Compared to Brazil
• U.S. beef exports to China to pick up as rivals exhaust quotas
• Commodity group leaders offer practical advice for women in ag
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the July WASDE Report
• Unions Claim USDA Overhaul Will Gut Agency
• DIY Wizard Turns Miniature Tractors Into Equipment Fleet
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• USDA Makes American Children Healthier, Agriculture Stronger with More Farm to School Investments
• USDA Advances Trump Administration Effort to Boost U.S. Mineral Energy Production
• Ag Economy Barometer Falls Again, Major Concern Is High Input Costs
• USDA’s Competitive CRP Enrollment Adds 1.5 Million New Acres
• Purdue Barometer Shows Farmer Sentiment Pressured by High Input Prices
• Geopolitical tensions and high interest rates challenge Brazilian agricultural dominance
• How farmers are adding trees to combat heat, diversify income
• How Ethanol Has Changed The Long-Term Growth In Total U.S. Corn Use

• Almond Hulls Receive GRAS Status from FDA
• CAWG Presses Federal Agenda
• California to Host North American Blueberry Convention
• California Wildfire Priorities and Good News for Beekeepers
• Roof Rat Bait Stations Available for Pistachio Growers
• 330 Ag Organizations Send Letter To Sen. John Boozman To Resolve Prop 12
• USDA Accepting Applications for Agribusiness Trade Mission to Ghana
• Researchers Requesting the Help of Pistachio Growers
• Farmer Leaders Angry After Bayer/Monsanto Moves to Place Duties on Imported Glyphosate
• Record-Low Wheat Acres Steal the Show in USDA June 30 Reports
• USDA Releases Acreage, Grain Stocks Reports
• Grains Rally Post USDA Reports With a Few Surprises
• Report Reaction | Corn acres remain sticky in 2026, but grain stocks data shows strong demand continues
• Thompson Introduces Bipartisan Agricultural Labor Reform Bill
• June Acreage Report Shows Larger Acreage Decline for Peanuts and Rice
• DTN Oil Update
• Grains find gains following USDA’s acreage report
• Trump suspends Morocco fertilizer duties to cut farmer input costs
• Why Farmers Are Rethinking Land Leveling for Better Water Management
• Farm Groups Praise Trump’s Move to Lower Fertilizer Costs
• Secretary Rollins Announces Program to Support Small- and Mid-Size Beef Processors
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Responds To Bayer Request For Tariffs On Chinese Glyphosate Products
• Farmer Urges Federal Judge To Deny Deere’s Right-To-Repair Lawsuit Agreement
• USDA: Irrigated Area Increased More Than 10-Fold From 1890 To 2022

 
DISCUSSION DRAFT: FARM BILL 2.0 | 06.23.2026

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• California Wine Labeling Bill Gains Momentum Amid Industry Debate
• Raisin Marketing Boost
• Mexican Fruit Fly Quarantine Expands in San Diego County
• Northwest Cherry Harvest and Senate Farm Bill Proposal
• Walnut Industry Challenges
• Applications Open for 2026 Real California Milk Accelerator
• Farm Production Costs to Hit Record Highs in 2027, USDA Says
• Senate Ag Committee drops skinny farm bill draft
• Republicans roll out text of farm bill without Democratic priorities
• Senate Ag Unveils Farm Bill, But No E15 Farm Bill Draft Updates Farm Programs, Leaves Out Prop 12, E15
• UNL Researchers Developed a New Swine Vaccine Technique
• Asian Longhorned tick spread forces cattle producers to change herd management strategies
• Research finds farmers cautious about shifting management for extreme weather
• Iran Could Buy US Ag Products with Frozen Funds, Trump Admin Says
• North Dakota Farmer Sues Federal Government, Demands Right to Drain Cropland
• Is China Buying Beans? What Pressure Corn, Wheat and Cattle Tuesday?
• From Regenerative Agriculture to Rural Mainstreet Revitalization
• The Andersons To Ring Nasdaq’s Opening Bell, Watch It Here
• Texas A&M Study Highlights Pictor PictVet As New Tool For Beef Cattle Health Monitoring
• Growth Market Forecasts Food & Ag Technology And Products To Reach $1,452.8 Trillion By 2034
• House Ag Chairman Thompson Issues Statement On Senate’s Farm Bill Draft

• Regulatory costs put Napa County wine future at risk
• Counties struggle with new abandoned orchard law
• California Summit Focuses on Farm-Based Tourism
• Watch Out For Stinkbugs
• Blue Diamond Releases Early June Crop Report
• H-2A Guest Farmworker Certifications up 17% So Far in 2026
• Trump Officials, Billionaires, and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands
• Judge Approves Monette Land Sale Plans Court Monitors Note ‘Unprecedented’ Monette Farms Land Sale in Canada, Western States
• USDA Officials Highlight Wildlife Threat as They Press to Curb New World Screwworm Cases
• Timeline of New World Screwworm Cases and Response in the U.S.
• USDA Invests in Projects to Strengthen New World Screwworm Preparedness and Response
• Weaponized: Ranching Family Targeted by Secret State Investigation for Cleaning Cattle Ponds
• MorganMyers Survey: AI Use In Agriculture Is Broad, But So Is Skepticism
• USDA: Producers Choose Technical Assistance Before Other Resources
• Farm Rescue’s Growth To Meet Rising Demand
• Beyond Fertilizer: How Better Water And Root Management Can Help Protect Yield
• National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration: El Nino Has Arrived
• USDA Releases Season-Average Price Forecasts Report

• New Food Labels Coming to California
• CDFA Urges Immediate Reporting of Grapevines Purchased at Costco
• American Wine Truth in Labelling Bill Advances
• California Walnut Commission Voices Support for ASCF
• Citrus Research Board to Host Webinar Series
• Walnut Industry Hurting Bad Due to Oversupply
• Public Lands Council Pushes for Grazing Reforms, Wildfire Solutions and ESA Changes Across the West
• Screwworm Confirmed in New Mexico for First Time
• Optimism grows as Senate talks begin on E15 legislation
• After Late May, Early June Price Plunge, USDA To Give Their Latest Take
• DTN Beef Webinar: Drought, Risk & More Beef Industry Exchange Navigates Risk and Opportunity in the Cattle Industry
• Agriculture has too much at stake to sit on the political sidelines
• U.S. Winter Wheat Conditions Are the Worst Since 2006
• Oklahoma Farmers Eyeing Deadly Livestock Pest Following Texas Infection
• Consolidation continues across the U.S. cow-calf sector
• Rain Robbers: How Four Farmers Faked a Drought and Stole Millions in Crop Insurance
• Vaden: USDA reorganization on track
• Land constraints limiting rebuilding of the cattle herd
• Precision planting can unlock forage sorghum’s potential
• US struggles to define ‘ultraprocessed foods’ as Kennedy pushes crackdown
• Avant Marketing Group Poll Finds 70% Of Growers Did Not Change Fertilizer Rates, 30% Did
• USMCA Negotiations to Blow Past July 1 Timeline
• USDA Launches TRUMP Mission to Argentina and Ecuador
• As The Iran War Continues, US Ag is Losing the Battle