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With the rise of fast fashion, U.S. cotton faces tough competition — and it’s not just from synthetic fibers but from other countries, too.

Market estimates show that Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world’s number one beef producer in 2025. Reuters said that happened after Brazil beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that American farmers will have greater market access to Thailand and Vietnam and maintain access to Brazil.  Actions by the administration included maintaining consistent access to Brazilian markets for U.S. dairy ...

“It's just been a deal that was we thought, very complicated. It became very simple," President Donald Trump said Thursday at the White House, announcing the U.S./United Kingdom trade agreement-in-principle.  "It's opening up the country that we really didn't have the kind of access to that I would have thought; I was surprised. I think i...

Ethan Lane, the senior vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, attended President Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcement at the White House last week, and praised the Administration for its most recent efforts.   “F...

The United States has almost doubled egg imports from Brazil and is considering relaxing regulations for eggs laid by chickens raised for meat.  The moves come as the Trump Administration is trying to lower record-high egg prices caused by avian influenza.   ...

This has been an interesting year in the beef market.  Lance Zimmerman, RaboResearch beef analyst, said demand remains high despite tighter supplies and higher prices.   “Right now, when we talk about the cattle and beef markets, we’re in a unique place. The beef cow herd is in f...

As harvest wraps up for this year’s Brazilian coffee crop, drought is already threatening the 2025 harvest.  The market is watching how the dry conditions, the worst drought in more than seventy years there, will affect the coffee plants.  Prices are al...

U.S. Wheat Association commended the USDA for its thorough, science-based process resulting in the deregulation of the H-B-4 drought-tolerant trait from Bioceres Crop Solutions.  The farmer leaders of USW are confident that the trait has the potential to deliver significant producer and consumer benefits.  Althoug...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is calling on Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to immediately halt U.S. beef imports from Brazil.  The announcement comes as Brazil recently reported another atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the World Animal Organization for Animal Health.  That rep...