The department reorganization is intended to return the agency to its core mission. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week that it is relocating over half…
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President Trump Announces Trade Deal with Japan
The agreement comes with $550 billion in investments in the United States and a 15 percent tariff on Japanese goods. President Donald Trump announced that a trade deal…
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DOJ Sues California over Animal Welfare Law Potentially Affecting Egg Prices
Farm advocacy group requests investigation into potential price fixing by major egg producers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit this month against the state of California…
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ICE Raids California Cannabis Farm and Arrests Hundreds of Migrant Criminals
Agents also “rescued at least 14 migrant children from what looks like exploitation, forced child labor, and potentially human trafficking.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided two of…
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USDA Secretary Says “No Amnesty” for Immigrant Farm Workers
She says machines and Medicaid enrollees could replace immigrants as deportations continue. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that there would be “no amnesty” for immigrants working on American…
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USDA Cuts $148.6 Million in DEI Awards
The funding supported environmental justice in urban forestry, equitable land access to underserved producers, and conservation practices for disadvantaged farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last month…
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Border Czar Reports on Trafficking of Missing Migrant Children
He says that thousands have been found and rescued by ICE. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director (EAD) Tom Homan recently reported that U.S. Immigration and…
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Labor Department Suspends Farmworker Rule
A federal court already placed an injunction against the regulation, suspending it. The Department of Labor announced that it would no longer enforce a rule implemented by President…
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USDA Secretary Advocates for Farmers Facing Eminent Domain Seizure of Land
The city is forcing the sale of family farmland to facilitate the construction of state-mandated affordable housing. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins expressed support for a New Jersey…
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President Reaffirms Deportation Efforts After Pausing Certain Sectors
White House officials call the reinstatement a “recalibration.” President Donald Trump reimplemented the detention and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers of illegal aliens as they…
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