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THC ban will destroy Texas' hemp agriculture industry, farmers say

While state leaders say growers can still produce industrial hemp, farmers say they will quit growing the plant altogether under a total THC ban.

The Texas Tribune

What's behind farmers' protests returning to the streets of Brussels?

European farmers are set to return to the streets of Brussels, nearly a year after their major demonstrations. Their main concern: the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the risk of a fragmented, "27-speed" agriculture system across the EU.

Euronews

Commissioner Hansen presents plan to cut farming bureaucracy in EU

European Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen presented his simplification plan to help farmers during a meeting organised by Euronews.

Euronews

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‘Deeply creepy’: Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs next to Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture

X users are scoffing at the banner, saying it has a ‘North Korean aesthetic’ and gives off ‘Saddam Hussein vibes’

The Independent UK

Imports from Mexico Halted After Flesh-Eating Parasite Found in Livestock

Imports from Mexico have been halted following the detection of New World screwworm maggots in livestock coming into the U.S.

Latin Times

What to know about screwworm threats as US suspends livestock imports from Mexico over flesh eating maggot

The deadly parasitic flies use their mouth hooks to burrow into open wounds

The Independent UK

The end of the CAP as we know it? Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior agriculture and health reporter Gerardo Fortuna

Euronews

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In visit to Texas, RFK Jr. said autism, diabetes deserve more attention than measles

During a visit to College Station, the U.S. health secretary said Europe has a worse track record with the virus, which gets too much media attention.

The Texas Tribune

The US could get screwed on screwworm

For years, a multi-country effort kept screwworm at bay. The US picking fights with Mexico isn't helping

Salon

Milton Friedman's Warning to DOGE

The Nobel Prize-winning economist says the Iron Triangle of Politics must be defeated to cut down the government for good.

Reason

A bailout for farmers caught in Trump’s trade war is already being discussed. ‘If we don’t get something, it will be quite a disaster”

During Trump's first term, farmers got $23 billion after an earlier round of tariffs.

Fortune

Trump officials struggle to explain tariff strategy but claim Americans won’t feel ‘big effect’

Agriculture secretary dodges questions about Heard and McDonald Islands but tells Americans not to fear tariff effects

The Independent UK

U-turn as SNP Government opens door to genetically edited food in Scotland

THE SNP Government has U-turned on its long-standing opposition to genetically edited (GE) foods, opening the door to their potential sale and…

The National (Scotland)

Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back environmental protections around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation issued Friday that cites the dangers of wildfires

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Fortune

Egg prices were starting to recover. Tariffs could halt that.

That omelet won't be getting much cheaper.

Latin Times

Trump Admin Gets Backlash Over Policy Linking Food Stamps to Immigration Status: Report

"The days in which taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize illegal immigration are over," said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a memo reported by The Guardian

The Guardian - US

US agriculture department announces $100m in funding for bird flu vaccine research

Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity

The Independent UK

How Trump could ‘dismantle’ decades of work to fix discrimination against Black farmers

After decades of discrimination against Black farmers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been trying to change course. That all could come to an end under Trump, Josh Marcus reports

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Trump administration says egg prices are lower, but other data calls that into question

Agriculture Secretary says prices have dropped by nearly $2 per dozen.

Salon

Trump blames workers for economic chaos

When Grandma's Social Security check goes missing, Trump and Musk plan to call her a "fraud"

Latin Times

Trump's Secretary of Agriculture: Raise Chickens Like I Do to Combat Surging Egg Prices

Trump administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently addressed rising egg prices, suggesting that Americans struggling to cope with inflation should begin maintaining backyard coops and produce their own eggs.

Roll Call

Next up for ‘big, beautiful’ budget package: House-Senate talks - Roll Call

The Senate is already eyeing changes to the budget resolution narrowly passed by the House on Tuesday that would spur the Trump agenda.

The Independent UK

Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled

The Trump administration believes a renewed emphasis on biosecurity can help in the battle against bird flu and ease egg prices, but the Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices are going to get much worse this year

Roll Call

Craig, on defense over Democrats’ agriculture priorities, eyes Senate run - Roll Call

House Agriculture ranking member Angie Craig, D-Minn., is on defense on her panel this year as she eyes a run for Senate.

Latin Times

Texas Man Killed By Cartel Explosive Near The Border, Officials Say: 'Shocking Act Of Violence'

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued a safety warning for the Rio Grande Valley. The victim's son described the incident as a "terrorist attack."

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