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2025.07.18
USDA Invests $80 Million to Expand Timber Markets, Protect Forests, Fuel Economic Growth
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the U.S. Forest Service is awarding $80 million in Wood Innovation Grants to spur wood products manufacturing, expand active forest management.
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2025.07.17
$1.7 Million Illinois Farm Sale Highlights Surge in Recreational Land Interest
A 236.32-acre farm with tillable land, timber for hunting, and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres sold for $7,500 an acre for a total of $1,772,400. The land, billed as both recreational and income producing, was sold on May 30.
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2025.07.16
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034: Emerging economies will drive growth in animal-source food consumption and production
Production and calorie intake of animal-source products are expected to increase as incomes rise in middle-income countries, but further increases in food production.
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2025.07.15
The New Base Acre Provisions in the 2025 Farm Bill
This article continues the discussion begun in the July 1, 2025, farmdoc daily of the new base acre provision in the 2025 Farm Bill. The provision is systematically laid out.
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2025.07.14
Digital Selection Tools to Optimize Seeds for Your Fields
Selecting the right seed doesn’t have to be rigorous trial and error. Digital seed selection tools unite field data, artificial intelligence (AI), and human expertise, so you can make the right choices for your field.
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2025.07.11
USDA Suspends Mexican Livestock Imports Days After Port Reopening
The Agriculture Department said Wednesday evening that the U.S. would be closing the southern border to livestock trade, effective immediately, after reports that New World screwworm has resumed its northward spread.
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2025.07.10
FAO Investment Days 2025 focuses on more and better agrifood jobs
Boosting investments in agrifood systems is a powerful lever to improve lives and can address the “alarming gap” of employment opportunities facing the 1.2 billion young people expected to enter the job market in the next decade.
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2025.07.09
Sites in the Republic of Korea, Portugal and Tajikistan recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, with a pine tree agroforestry system.
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2025.07.08
Soybeans Close Down More Than 28¢ | Monday, July 7, 2025
December corn ended the day down 16¼¢ at $4.20¾ per bushel.November soybeans closed down 28½¢ at $10.20¾ per bushel.
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2025.07.07
Alongside President Trump in Iowa, Secretary Rollins Called for Celebration of America by Recognizing America 250 at State Fairs Across the Nation
Trump held a massive celebration on the eve of Independence Day at the Iowa State Fairgrounds where he launched the year-long Great American State Fair in celebration of America’s 250th birthday.