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Grassley calls Trump meeting “significant” for year-round E15 effort
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says biofuel stakeholders met with President Trump Thursday to discuss permanent year-round E15 legislation.

Secretary Rollins Leads Largest USDA Trade Mission to Mexico, Participates in New World Screwworm Joint Reviews
Last week in Mexico City, Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins led the largest U.S. Department of Agriculture agribusiness trade mission in the history of our country.

U.S.-Grown First: Strengthening Federal Food Purchasing
For nearly a century, federal food purchasing and nutrition programs have played a dual role, feeding Americans while providing dependable markets for U.S. farmers and ranchers.

Trump Signs Bill to Fund Government and Extend Farm Bill Programs
The longest partial government shutdown appears close to an end after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill into law on Wednesday evening that also extends farm-bill programs.

NOPA and ASA Urge President Trump to Finalize Biofuel Policies Supporting U.S. Farmers, Processors, and Domestic Energy
The National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) and the American Soybean Association (ASA) today sent a joint letter to President Donald J. Trump, urging the administration to finalize key biofuel policies that strengthen domestic energy production, promote the use of U.S.-grown soybean oil, and ensure that federal programs prioritize American feedstocks over imports.

Hemp industry divided over Senate-approved changes to federal regulations
The chairman of the National Hemp Association says legislation included in the agriculture funding bill passed this week by the U.S. Senate rewrites the 2018 farm bill’s provision on hemp.

E15: Boosting Corn Demand and Lowering Gas Prices
In this article, the first of two exploring opportunities in biofuel markets, we examine permanent year-round E15 authorization.

Ag Lenders Signal Cautious Outlook for Farm Profitability in 2025
Agricultural lenders report signs of tighter conditions in farm profitability and credit quality in 2025, according to a joint survey conducted by the American Bankers Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, or Farmer Mac.

Anhydrous Again Leads Half of Retail Fertilizer Prices Higher
Average retail prices for four of the eight major fertilizers were higher than last month, while prices for the other four were lower during the first week of November 2025, according to sellers surveyed by DTN.
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Estimates of 2024 ARC-CO and PLC Payments
Support from the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage, county option (ARC-CO) programs for the 2024 crop year are currently being processed and distributed by the Farm Service Agency.

Debate over MCOOL returns as U.S. considers Argentinian beef imports
The executive vice president of the Illinois Beef Association says talks of importing Argentinian beef have reignited calls for mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL).

Funding Bill Passes Senate to Reopen the Government and Extend Farm Bill Programs
The U.S. Senate broke a 41-day long stalemate on Monday evening by passing a funding bill to end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
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Ag economist says missing USDA export data adds volatility to livestock markets
An ag economist says the lack of trade and export data from the USDA is adding to the volatility to beef and pork markets.

Illinois Agricultural Credit Conditions in the Second Quarter of 2025
In the second quarter of 2025, year-over-year loan demand in the Chicago district exceeded that of the St. Louis district.

ADM, Tallgrass Celebrate Opening of World’s Largest Bioethanol Carbon Capture Facility in Columbus, Nebraska
ADM, a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, today marked the start of operations for a new carbon capture and storage project at its Columbus, Nebraska Corn Processing Complex, making the complex the largest bioethanol carbon capture facility in the world.

November WASDE and a Cold Spell
Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Nov. 9.
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President Trump calls on DOJ to investigate the meatpacking industry over concerns about beef prices
President Trump remains focused on beef prices and has called on the Department of Justice to investigate potential anticompetitive practices in the meatpacking industry.

Employment outlook remains strong for agriculture graduates
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).

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 7, 2025: Sen. Klobuchar on SCOTUS tariffs case, shutdown, farm aid
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.

Soybeans: A House of Cards?
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.

Fertilizer industry celebrates addition of phosphate and potash to final Critical Minerals List
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.

Nature’s Kidneys: A review of 35 Years of USDA Wetland Restoration
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.

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

Farm Bureau: Trump likely to keep using tariffs
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.

Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Revised RVOs on Projected D4 Biomass-Based Diesel RIN Generation for 2026-2027
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.

Federal Appeals Court Orders USDA to Rewrite GMO Food Labeling Rules
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.
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New Study Finds California’s Indirect Land Use Change Score for Ethanol Is Obsolete
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.

Farmers for Free Trade calling for Congressional tariff authority
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.


