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By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Nov. 13 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Conab said the country will reap a record soybean crop of 177.6 million tons in the 2025/2026 harvest year, according to data released on Thursday. The world’s largest soy producer and exporter is also expected to ship an unprecedented 112.1 million tons to China and other nations, up 5.11% from the previous crop year, the Conab crop agency added. The U.S., one of Brazil’s main competitors along with Argentina, is expected to export less soy in the coming months. “With the projected reduction in U.S. exports, the increase in global…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened a new sterile fly dispersal facility in Tampico, Mexico, giving the agency a strategically placed hub to release sterile New World screw worm flies by air across northeastern Mexico, including Nuevo León. “The opening of the Tampico sterile fly dispersal facility is another incredibly important tool in our arsenal to stop the spread of screwworm. The facility will ensure flexibility and responsiveness in northern Mexico, giving us a greater ability to drop sterile flies and continue to push the pest south,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins. “Stopping the spread of…

The longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history officially ended when President Donald Trump signed legislation passed by Congress to fund the federal government and extend key farm programs. The Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act of 2026 was approved by the House in a 222-209 vote and signed late Wednesday evening. The measure provides full fiscal-year funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture and extends provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill through September 2026. The end of the 43-day shutdown restores critical services for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities that had been frozen…

Marking the end of the longest shutdown in U.S. history, President Trump on Wednesday signed a spending package to reopen the government. The president’s signature came days after the Senate’s vote and just hours after the House’s vote to end the shutdown. Agricultural groups and politicians have been responding to the developments all week, using the opportunity to advocate for farmers across the nation. From commending and applauding, to calling the developments “the bare minimum,” here’s what they’ve been saying.  Agricultural Groups American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is the nation’s largest farmer-run organization and serves…

College students and recent graduates are encouraged to attend CattleCon 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, Feb. 3 to 5, to help them prepare for careers in the cattle industry. Future agricultural leaders will have the opportunity to engage with potential employers during the new “Career Crawl” at the NCBA Trade Show on Feb. 5. Attendees can visit participating “Career Crawl” companies at the NCBA Trade Show that Thursday to explore internships, job openings and career opportunities while engaging in meaningful conversations with agriculture professionals. In addition, the first 250 FFA members and 250 4-H members to register will receive complimentary One-Day…

The People’s Choice Pup is a popular social media element of the Farm Dog of the Year competition. Check out the profiles of our three nominees and vote here. The People’s Choice Pup wins barking, er, bragging rights along with a $2,500 cash prize and a year’s supply of dog food from contest supporter Nestlé Purina PetCare. Cast your vote for your top pup by Nov 28. Images courtesy of American Farm Bureau Federation Bubbles, 5-year-old border collie, Montana Like many farmers, Bubbles, a 5-year-old Border Collie, does a little bit of everything year-round on her Montana farm. Her main…

By Todd Hubbs and Scott Irwin The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a trilogy of decisions for the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in recent months that represents some of the most significant regulatory developments for biomass-based diesel in the program’s history.  The combined effect of higher renewable volume obligations (RVOs), more restrictive small refinery exemptions, and mandatory reallocation creates substantially higher biomass-based diesel requirements for 2026/2027 (Farmdoc Daily, Oct. 25, 2025).  Consequently, D4 RIN generation will have to rise substantially in the future (Farmdoc Daily, Nov. 5, 2025).  This in turn raises the all-important question of the implications…

Ahead of 9:15 a.m. CT, December corn was up 3½¢ at $4.38¾ per bushel. January soybeans were up 13½¢ at $11.47¼ per bushel. March CBOT wheat was up 1¼¢ at $5.53¾ per bushel. March KC wheat was up 1½¢ at $5.43¼ per bushel. March Minneapolis wheat was up 2¢ at $5.86¼. With the government shutdown over, USDA has begun releasing data. This morning the agency released the weekly U.S. Export Sales report for the week that ended on Sept. 25. “USDA pegged net U.S. corn export sales for the week ended Sept. 25 at 55.8 million bushels, with net weekly…

In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nurses. All 50 states submitted their applications to the federal government last week to get shares of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. Congress created the program in response to concern from rural health care providers — as well as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle — about the effects of Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that President Donald Trump signed this summer. A…

By Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (Reuters) – A crop data blackout during the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown has led to the widest range of analyst estimates in a decade for corn and soybean yields, as an information vacuum at harvest time and during critical trade negotiations distorted the market for the country’s two most valuable crops. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to release a hotly anticipated crop report including the government’s first estimates of the two feed crops since mid-September, before the harvest had taken shape. In the absence of last month’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates report, traders have…