Other Ag News:

(Washington, D.C., August 9, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced $152 million in investments for 19 rural development projects in communities across the State of Iowa. These unprecedented, coordinated U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) project will help boost Iowa’s economy, develop rural infrastructure, and encourage private investment in America’s heartland.

(Washington, D.C., August 8, 2025) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins this week announced plans to support American citrus growers and cut bureaucratic barriers by proposing an update to the standard of identity (SOI) for pasteurized orange juice. This America First action will end a 60-year-old rule that hurts domestic farmers and forces reliance on foreign imports. The FDA expects this change is unlikely to affect the taste of pasteurized orange juice.

(Washington, D.C., August 8, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins published an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner highlighting the significance of the Great American Farmers Market as a national celebration of local products, American agriculture heritage, and the farmers, ranchers, and producers who feed and fuel our nation.

(Washington, D.C., August 6, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $6 million in grant funding available for seafood processors to expand operations, transform the food supply chain and create new and better markets for the processing of invasive, wild-caught catfish. Additionally, USDA, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Agriculture, is launching a one-year pilot program to purchase up to $2 million through Section 32 of Chesapeake Bay blue catfish.