Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Nov. 9.

President Trump remains focused on beef prices and has called on the Department of Justice to investigate potential anticompetitive practices in the meatpacking industry.

A new report released by Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) projects that employment opportunities will remain strong for new college graduates with degrees in food, agriculture, renewable natural resources and the environment (FARNRE).

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the top Democrat on the Senate Ag Committee, discusses attending the arguments and why she believes the court will strike down the president’s use of a 1977 law to implement his tariffs.

While China had agreed at the meeting between presidents Trump and Xi to buy 440 million bushels (mb) by the end of the year and 25 million metric tons (mmt), or 918 mb, for the following three years, we have not seen that in writing from China and to date only minor soy purchases by China have been reported.

The Department of the Interior has added phosphate and potash to the official Critical Minerals List and the vice president of government affairs at The Fertilizer Institute says it’s good news for America’s farmers.

It’s been forty years since the Food Security Act of 1985 introduced conservation compliance to discourage wetland conversion to cropland (farmdoc daily, October 9, 2025 and October 23, 2025) and 35 years since the 1990 Farm Bill allocated funds for restoration of wetlands under the Wetland Reserve Program.

Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) announced continued support for the Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act.

A senior director of government relations says tariffs will likely remain part of President Trump’s trade strategy, regardless of the U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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.

USDA will be required to rewrite significant parts of a 2018 genetically engineered foods labeling rule after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling in a lawsuit that challenged the rule.

As the California Air Resources Board (CARB) prepares to hold a Biofuels and Land Use Change Public Forum tomorrow, a comprehensive new report from Life Cycle Associates, Advances in Estimation of Land Use Change Emissions Associated with Ethanol, shows that CARB’s decade-old estimate of hypothetical indirect land use change (ILUC) associated with ethanol is obsolete and should be revised.

The Farmers for Free Trade Executive Director says he’s hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court this week can help get tariff authority back into the hands of Congress.

There was a modest uptick in U.S. farmer sentiment in October as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index of 129 was 3 points higher than September’s reading.

As corn harvest rolls on and yield estimates become yield realities, the data continue to suggest that this year's crop won't be eclipsing any records for bushels per acre.

The American Soybean Association (ASA) welcomes today’s announcement that leading Bangladeshi agribusiness companies have signed letters of intent to significantly increase purchases of U.S. soybeans and soybean meal over the next 12 months.

Politico’s Grace Yarrow and Meredith Lee Hill reported late last week that “the Trump administration plans to roll out an initial payment of up to $12 billion for farmers hurt by the president’s tariff policies once the government shutdown ends, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Seeing Monday's trade come and go was a breath of fresh air as traders seemed to approach the cattle complex with the desire to move the complex higher -- as long as fundamental support suggested so.

More than a decade after whole milk was removed from school cafeterias, Congress is reconsidering whether students should have the freedom to enjoy it – and its many nutrients.

The USDA says it will tap into its contingency fund to deliver November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Nov. 2.

This week in the Republic of Korea, President Donald J. Trump reached a trade and economic deal with President Xi Jinping of China—a massive victory that safeguards U.S. economic strength and national security while putting American workers, farmers, and families first.

Six students from across the country have been selected to serve the FFA for the next year.

After shunning U.S. soybeans this year, China pledged to buy 25 million tons of soybeans annually for the next three years as part of the U.S.-China trade deal.

The head of USDA says the Trump administration remains committed to supporting America’s farmers and ranchers.

The harvest price for crop insurance fails to offer higher safety net protection than the spring price, with the average for December corn futures closing the month at $4.22 a bushel and November soybeans at $10.36 a bushel despite a price rally this week.

Airplane travel is more popular than ever, and our desire for fast transportation means jet fuel has become a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

U.S. cattle farmers have faced significant challenges in recent years, from COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions, low cattle prices and persistent drought conditions to growing threats of invasive pests and diseases, a decades-low supply of beef cows and historic inflation in production costs.