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Farm Policy News — part of the farmdoc project at Illinois — provides updates on current developments in the global farm economy and U.S. farm policy.
2/2 Additionally, "#lenders do not expect #profitability to improve over the coming year. Survey responses show lenders project slightly less than half of (#farm) borrowers will remain profitable in 2026."

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Only Half of US Farmers to Be Profitable in 2025, Ag Lenders Say - Farm Policy News
Agricultural lenders surveyed in the new 2025 ABA/Farmer Mac Agricultural Lender Survey expect only 52% of U.S. farm borrowers will be profitable this year, signaling a sharp decline from recent years...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
2/2 "For months farmers have pleaded for government #aid to soften the blow of trade wars and another unprofitable harvest. But ... most farmers and bankers have concluded that any aid will be too little and too late to rescue the next planting season."

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Farmer Tariff Aid Shrinking After Trade Deals? - Farm Policy News
The Deputy Secretary of Agriculture says trade deal negotiations during the government shutdown could impact the possibility of farmer assistance this year. During a call with reporters on Monday, Ste...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
2/2 "Beijing’s latest purchases still leave plenty to be done in the coming months, however, at a time when stockpiles are plentiful. Washington has said Beijing pledged to buy 12 million tons of US #soybeans by end of this year."

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China Buys Nearly 1 Million Tons of US Soybeans - Farm Policy News
China bought at least 14 cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday, two traders with knowledge of the deals said, its largest purchase since at least January and the most significant since a summit between P...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/2 "The USDA report released after the government reopened showed only two #Chinese purchases of American #soybeans since the summit in South Korea that totaled 332,000 metric tons."

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USDA Data Dump Shows Minimal Soybean Sales to China - Farm Policy News
New data the Agriculture Department released Friday created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month ...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/2 "The agency is also due to release a compiled list of large daily (crop) #sales reported by #exporters during the shutdown on Friday."

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USDA Set for First Crop Data Release Since September - Farm Policy News
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to release a hotly anticipated crop report, including the government's first estimates of the two feed crops since mid-September, before the harves...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
2/2 "The measure, approved by the House 222-209 Wednesday night after passing the Senate on Monday, also extends #FarmBill programs whose authorization expired Sept. 30, including the #Conservation Reserve Program."

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Gov't Shutdown Ends, Farm Bill Programs Extended - Farm Policy News
President Donald Trump late Wednesday signed into law a measure to end the longest-ever government shutdown after 43 days, fully fund USDA and FDA for fiscal 2026, and end a bitter legal battle over t...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
2/2 "#China is grappling with a glut of #soybeans after months of record #imports, curbing prospects for U.S. exports despite a recent trade truce that Washington said includes a pledge by Beijing to resume heavy purchases."

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China Buys More Brazil Soybeans as US Purchases Stall - Farm Policy News
China’s purchases of American soybeans appear to have stalled, less than two weeks after the US touted a wide-ranging trade truce that signaled thawing relations between the world’s two biggest econom...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
2/2 “Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post the investigation into the #meatpacking companies is already underway, in coordination with the Department of #Agriculture."

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DOJ, USDA Investigating Meatpackers over Beef Prices - Farm Policy News
President Donald Trump said (last) Friday that he asked the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into meatpacking companies, which he accused of illegally manipulating beef prices at the e...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/2 "The continuing resolution, which would keep the #government #funded through Jan. 30, also would suspend the permanent #agricultural laws that are left on the books to prod Congress to continue reauthorizing commodity programs."

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Farm Bill Extension Included in Senate Bill to End Shutdown - Farm Policy News
A new stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government includes a one-year extension of farm bill programs that were left out of a budget reconciliation bill earlier in the year. The continuing ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
2/2 Additionally, "#China will restore three U.S. firms’ eligibility to #export #soybeans to China and remove the suspension of log imports from the United States, effective November 10."

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China Buys US Wheat & Sorghum, Ends Some Soybean Import Suspensions - Farm Policy News
China has begun modest purchases of U.S. farm products after the leaders of both countries met last week, but traders still await significant soybean buys after the White House said Beijing pledged to...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/2 "Solicitor General John Sauer took heat from all sides as he pressed the administration’s argument: that the president’s power to regulate foreign financial transactions when he declares an emergency includes the authority to impose #tariffs."

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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Trump Tariffs - Farm Policy News
President Trump's global tariffs appeared to be on shaky ground after Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism during a hearing on Wednesday about his authority to impose sweeping measures on count...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
2/2 "'We don't expect any #demand from #China to return to the U.S. market with this change,' said one trader at an international trading company. 'Brazil is cheaper than the United States and even non-Chinese buyers are taking Brazilian cargoes.'"

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China Buys Brazil Soy as US Crop Still Faces 13% Tariff - Farm Policy News
China will suspend retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, including duties on farm goods, after last week's meeting of the two countries' leaders, Beijing confirmed on Wednesday, but imports of U.S. soy...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/2 "The finalized amount will come on top of President Donald Trump’s recently announced truce with China, which could also give some relief to U.S. producers of soybeans, sorghum and meat."

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Trump Admin Still Planning Billions in Farmer Trade Aid - Farm Policy News
The Trump administration plans to roll out an initial payment of up to $12 billion for farmers hurt by the president’s tariff policies once the government shutdown ends, according to three people fami...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM