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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Agriculture Department, Brooke Rollins (NYSE:), led an organization that opposed ethanol mandates and farm subsidies, major programs she could influence if confirmed, according to a Reuters review of the group’s policy statements.  That background may put Rollins at…

By Karen Braun NAPERVILLE, Illinois (Reuters) – If anything can derail a price rally, it is a curveball from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Chicago corn futures have ticked slightly lower to start the year, but they had climbed nearly 12% in the final two months of 2024, an unusually…

(Reuters) – Below is a history of Reuters polls of analysts’ expectations for figures in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual U.S. winter wheat seedings report. The USDA’s report is based on a survey of roughly 72,200 farmers. Ahead of the report’s release, Reuters surveys as many as 24 grain…

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Biden administration approved a second round of emergency funding to block New World screwworm from entering the U.S. on Friday, a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary told Reuters, after Washington suspended cattle imports from Mexico over the pest. Some imports may resume as…