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Source: Brownfield
11% of U.S. corn, 12% of soybeans planted
U.S. farmers were able to make good corn and soybean planting progress over the past week. That was despite several days of widespread rain in the Midwest, including severe weather in parts of the region.

Source: USA Rice
Crawford leads bipartisan House letter to Ambassador Greer requesting Section 301 investigation on foreign rice
On Monday, 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, encouraging him to consider a rice-specific Section 301 investigation into nations that are unfairly harming our domestic rice producers.

Source: Farm Credit Council
More than 330 ag groups urge House to advance Farm Bill 2.0
The Farm Credit Council is among 338 agricultural organizations supporting swift advancement of Farm Bill 2.0, which was recently approved with a bipartisan vote by the House Committee on Agriculture.

Source: DTN/Progressive Farmer
Soil moisture a concern for most of US
An active storm track through the middle of the country has been able to bring some areas of the Midwest out of drought and reduce it for portions of the Southern Plains.

Source: Agri-Pulse
Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Rep. Shontel Brown on farm bill future, Iran war ag impacts
The farm bill could get a vote on the House floor before the end of April, but House Ag Committee Vice Ranking Member Shontel Brown says revisiting new state SNAP cost-share requirements should have been a “starting point” to securing broad Democratic support.

Source: Brownfield
Global conflict and trade shifts pressuring U.S. ag exports
An ag economist with Ohio State University says the Iranian conflict is having an impact on U.S. ag trade around the world.

Source: DTN/Progressive Farmer
April 1 Cattle on Feed down 1% from year ago
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on April 1, 2026. The inventory was 1% below April 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported on Friday.

Source: USDA
USDA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers break ground on new Texas sterile fly production facility
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Lieutenant General William H. “Butch” Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commanding general, Friday led the groundbreaking for the new sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas.

Source: Brownfield
USDA calls on farmers to share fertilizer and input cost concerns
The USDA says it wants help from farmers as the department investigates soaring fertilizer prices.





































































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