Noah Wicks

South Dakota

Associate Editor at @agripulse | Believer in the power of empathy | Formerly @augiemirror and @daily_leader | Email: [email protected].

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Daybreak April 17: U.S.-Japan negotiations kick off, with Trump in the midst

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Oliver Ward |Steve Davies |Noah Wicks

Negotiations between the U.S. and Japan on a possible deal to lower reciprocal tariffs kicked off in Washington this week, with the president personally involved. “Japan is coming in today to negotiate Tariffs, the cost of military support, and ‘TRADE FAIRNESS,’” President Donald Trump said on social media Wednesday. Trump attended a meeting Wednesday with the Japanese team and his key cabinet members.
Daybreak West April 17: California sues Trump over tariffs

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Brad Hooker |Chloe Lovejoy |Oliver Ward |Noah Wicks

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta are suing President Donald Trump over his use of emergency powers to enact broad tariffs. Filed in federal court in San Francisco, the lawsuit counters Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to enforce broad duties. Read our full report at Agri-Pulse.com. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum lashed out against the Newsom administration on Wednesday over California’s water policies.
Daybreak April 16: White House: Farm aid ‘being considered’

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Rebekah Alvey |Noah Wicks |Oliver Ward

President Donald Trump has taken to social media to declare his support for farmers, but they’ll have to wait for clarity on when they might get payments in compensation for his trade war. “Relief is being considered,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in the briefing room on Tuesday. She added that Ag Secreetary Brooke Rollins has spoken to Trump about the issue.
Judge Orders USDA to Release Withheld IRA, BIL Funding

1 week ago | agriculture.com | Noah Wicks

A federal judge has ordered the Agriculture Department and four other agencies to release frozen funding for Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law conservation and energy programs. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island ordered leaders of USDA to resume processing grants already awarded under the IRA and BIL and refrain from further "freezing, halting or pausing" already appropriated funds.
Judge orders USDA to release withheld IRA, BIL funding

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Noah Wicks

A federal judge has ordered the Agriculture Department and four other agencies to release frozen funding for Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law conservation and energy programs. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island ordered leaders of USDA to resume processing grants already awarded under the IRA and BIL and refrain from further "freezing, halting or pausing" already appropriated funds.
Daybreak April 11: The long reconciliation road ahead

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Rebekah Alvey |Oliver Ward |Noah Wicks |Lydia Johnson

Now the real hard work begins. The House narrowly passed the Senate-amended budget resolution Thursday. That unlocks the budget reconciliation process that will be used to try to enact President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities. But there are certain to be a lot of pitched battles ahead on a range of details. Members of the House Freedom Caucus were initially frustrated by the significantly lower spending cut targets within the Senate instructions.
Daybreak April 14: Rollins: Tariff safety net ‘will be there’

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Rebekah Alvey |Oliver Ward |Noah Wicks |Steve Davies

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is doubling down on promises that the Trump administration will help farmers affecting by tariffs. And she’s downplaying concerns that a key funding source is running dry. “It will be there,” Rollins told Fox News on Sunday of a trade compensation package. But Rollins said the administration won’t know whether the assistance will be needed until negotiations with trading partners have played out. Only China has retaliated against new reciprocal tariffs so far.
USDA Employees Head for the Doors as Potential RIFs Loom

1 week ago | agriculture.com | Noah Wicks |Steve Davies

Thousands of USDA employees are planning to leave the agency through a deferred resignation program that could challenge the department’s ability to fulfill critical functions such as food import and export inspections. Applications for the latest of two rounds of buyout offers closed on Tuesday. The department has not released the number of employees who had applied for the DRP offer.
NOAA downsizing plan would defund climate, weather research

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Noah Wicks

The Trump administration is weighing major cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget, while also considering dissolving the agency's research arm and ending funding for some climate, weather and ocean laboratories and institutes, according to a draft budget proposal.
Judge orders USDA to release Maine nutrition program funding

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Noah Wicks

A federal judge has ordered the Agriculture Department to temporarily release nutrition program funding it was withholding from the state of Maine amid a dispute over transgender athlete policies.