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USDA Halts Livestock Imports at Southern Border Amid Parasite Threat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through ports of entry along the southern border, effective immediately, according to a Sunday press release from the federal agency.
The decision comes as the New World Screwworm (NWS), a deadly parasitic fly, continues its rapid northward spread through Mexico, now detected approximately 700 miles from the U.S. border in the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz.
U.S. to allow logging in national forest to spur timber production amid trade war
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced will allow logging in national forests, which will help spur timber production amid reciprocal tariffs on other nations.
A memo by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins follows an executive order by President Donald Trump last month to expand timber production.
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Egg smuggling from Mexico surges as prices in parts of US hit $10 per dozen
Talk about going to egg-stremes.
Border agents are seeing a sharp rise in the number of egg smuggling attempts by travelers coming from Mexico and Canada as prices in the US have surged to as high as $10 a carton.
US Customs and Border Protection reported a 36% increase in egg interceptions this fiscal year — with certain border regions in Texas experiencing a 54% spike, while cases in San Diego have more than doubled, according to the Wall Street Journal...
Egg prices are rapidly falling so far in March
Egg prices have fallen sharply so far in March on some progress in ending a shortage, giving consumers some much-needed relief with the supermarket staple.
The cost of white large shell eggs declined to $6.85 per dozen, on average, last week, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That represents a decline of $1.20 per dozen, and a 15% pull back the USDA’s prior update on Feb. 28.
Wholesale egg prices are going down. How soon will it affect your grocery bill?
After months of sticker shock from the nationwide egg crisis, relief might finally be on the way.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Friday that the national average wholesale price of eggs has been steadily declining since late February. In other words, the cost that distributors are charging retailers is going down.
According to the latest USDA report, the average wholesale cost of large white eggs was $4.15 per dozen — about half of what it was just a few weeks ago...
Brooke Rollins says she'll shield farmers from impacts of Trump's tariffs in ag secretary nomination hearing
Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s pick for Agriculture Secretary, stood behind the president’s proposals for mass deportations and tariffs even as she acknowledged they could make life harder for farmers.
Nominee for agriculture secretary completes Trump cabinet
Donald Trump has nominated longtime ally Brooke Rollins for secretary of agriculture, completing his cabinet roster.
He made the announcement Saturday late afternoon, tapping the head of Maga-backed think tank the America First Policy Institute for the job.
"As our next Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke will spearhead the effort to protect American Farmers, who are truly the backbone of our Country," Trump said in a statement.
Her nomination marks the end of a whirlwind - and sometimes dramatic - spree of nominations to lead executive agencies.
Why have British farmers marched on UK’s Parliament?
Thousands of disgruntled British farmers marched on London on Tuesday in protest at government plans to change the law regarding the amount of inheritance tax farmers should pay.
The demonstrations saw tractors driven by farmers and coach loads of other agricultural workers from the United Kingdom’s four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland descend on Parliament Square, to stage a large-scale protest in bitterly cold temperatures as leaders from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) met with MPs at Westminster.
Mexico announces food and agriculture plan that could take the country back to the 1980s
Mexico’s new president announced an agriculture plan Tuesday that could make the country’s food production and distribution look a lot more like it did in the 1980s, when meals in Mexico were dominated by tortillas, beans, instant coffee and cheap hot chocolate.
Four decades ago, the ingredients for those meals were often bought at government stores that stocked a few basic goods.
President Claudia Sheinbaum pledged Tuesday to revive those often shabby, limited government stores and continue efforts to achieve “food sovereignty.”