Philip Brasher

2 weeks ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

Senate Republicans are trying to find agreement this week on their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill that may scale back some of the House spending cuts, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will face the House Ag Committee amid the department's downsizing and the uncertainty about U.S. trade policy.

3 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Philip Brasher

U.S. exports of beef and pork were down in April from a year earlier as shipments to China slowed due in part to China’s retaliatory tariffs, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said Friday. The expiration of Chinese registrations of U.S. processing plants and cold storage facilities also contributed to the decline in exports, the group said. Beef exports were down 10% from April 2024 as shipments to China declined by nearly 70%.

3 weeks ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

U.S. exports of beef and pork were down in April from a year earlier as shipments to China slowed due in part to China’s retaliatory tariffs, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said Friday. The expiration of Chinese registrations of U.S. processing plants and cold storage facilities also contributed to the decline in exports, the group said. Beef exports were down 10% from April 2024 as shipments to China declined by nearly 70%.

3 weeks ago | agri-pulse.com | Philip Brasher

President Donald Trump has sent a $9.4 billion package of proposed spending rescissions to Capitol Hill, and the targets include some foreign food assistance initiatives. The package largely goes after the U.S. Agency for International Development and public broadcasting. The USAID projects that would be hit by the spending cancellations aren’t laid out in detail, but the Office of Management and Budget offered some clues in a series of posts on X.

3 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Philip Brasher

The Agriculture Department is projecting no improvement in the U.S. agricultural trade outlook for fiscal 2025 as the department lowered its forecast for livestock product exports, offsetting increases for grains and oilseeds. The quarterly forecast by the Economic Research Service was scheduled to be released last week but was not issued until today and lacks the narrative that usually accompanies it.