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Source: DTN/Progressive Farmer
Trump Administration plans to finalize new WOTUS definition rule by end of 2025
Public listening sessions on the future of the waters of the U.S. rule have wrapped up and the Trump administration this week said it plans to have the rule completed by the end of the year.

Source: Brownfield
SCOTUS determines DC Circuit only venue for SRE legal challenges
The Supreme Court has determined there is only one venue appropriate for legal challenges to small refinery exemption decisions.

Source: USDA
Secretary Rollins announces bold plan to combat New World Screwworm’s northward spread
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Wednesday launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan to enhance USDA’s already robust ability to detect, control, and eliminate this pest.

Source: American Soybean Association
Soybean farmers deeply concerned with Senate proposal to reward U.S. tax credits to foreign biofuel feedstocks
The American Soybean Association expressed disappointment in the Senate Finance Committee’s budget reconciliation text that made significant modifications to the House-passed Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit language.

Source: Brownfield
Middle East tensions impacting fertilizer markets
The vice president of fertilizer with Stone X Group says increasing tensions in the Middle East are impacting global nitrogen prices.

Source: DTN/The Progressive Farmer
Ag and business groups struggle over Trump Administration reversal on immigration raids
The challenges of farm labor across the country are suddenly a national concern as the debate over aggressive deportations clashes with domestic food policy.

Source: American Soybean Association
250+ food & ag groups call for greater transparency, input in MAHA Commission
258 food and agriculture groups representing millions of American farmers, ranchers, producers, and manufacturers sent a letter calling on the Make America Healthy Again Commission to create greater transparency and input in the commission’s activities.

Source: NCBA
Finalized 10-year sage grouse study confirms benefits of grazing
The University of Idaho released the finalized results of their 10-year study looking into the impacts of grazing on greater sage grouse populations. The study concluded that cattle grazing does not negatively impact greater sage grouse and can only benefit the species through building robust habitat, increasing forage, and reducing invasive grasses that lead to catastrophic wildfires.

Source: Senate Finance Committee
Chairman Crapo releases Finance Committee reconciliation text
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) Monday released legislative text within the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction for inclusion in Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill.
