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Senate Agriculture Committee to Consider USDA Nominees Amid Government Shutdown Despite the ongoing government shutdown, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will move forward this week with a key confirmation hearing to review three nominees for leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “The US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman John Boozman, …
Southeastern Commissioners of Agriculture have joined their counterparts from across the country in urging the Trump administration to include the forestry industry in the forthcoming agricultural relief package. In a joint letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the commissioners emphasized the need to support one of the nation’s most vital renewable resource …
USMEF Responds to EU Deforestation Regulation Delay and Impacts on U.S. Meat Exports The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) is closely monitoring developments as the European Union moves to delay the implementation of its EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This delay could have major implications for U.S. meat exports. USMEF Vice President of Economic Analysis, Erin Borer, recently addressed how the …
Harvest 2025 Ahead of Average, But Dry Conditions Raise Fire Concerns Harvest 2025 continues to move ahead of the five-year average in several key states, fueled by another week of dry weather. While this helps speed up fieldwork, the lack of moisture is increasing fire danger across much of the country. Conditions in some areas are less severe than in …
Early Recognition of Forest Stewardship Even as America’s early settlers were clearing land to establish homesteads and plant crops, the government recognized the importance of protecting and managing the nation’s forests. By the mid-19th century, concerns about forest conditions and sustainability began to take shape in national policy. Establishing Federal Oversight In 1876, Congress created an office within the U.S. …
The Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, Wilton Simpson, has announced that the State of Florida has preserved approximately 2,600 acres of Florida farmland. The Tumlin Terwillegar Properties Project, located in Alachua, Bradford, Clay and Putnam Counties, is a three-parcel pine plantation preserved through the approval by the Governor and Cabinet, serving as the Board of Trustees of the internal Improvement Trust …
The US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued an executive memorandum to the National Forest Service earlier this month with the goal of increasing timber outputs, simplifying permitting, removing the processes outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as reducing implementation and contracting burdens. The memo also authorizes the US Forest Service to work directly with states, …
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Agricultural development flourish in most Midwestern states, including Missouri. But the Missouri Bootheel remains swampy and subject to flooding and remain heavily forested, remain underdeveloped, underpopulated. But, beginning in the 1880s, railroads opened up the Bootheel to logging. 1905, Little River Drainage District constructed elaborate ditches, canals, and levees to drain …
Eighteen state agriculture commissioners, led by Florida Commissioner Wilton Simpson, have urged U.S. lawmakers to push for exemptions to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), set to take effect on December 30, 2025. The commissioners argue that the rule, intended to prevent deforestation, would impose unnecessary burdens on the U.S. timber and agricultural industries. In a letter addressed to U.S. …
The U.S. Christmas tree industry is a vital and resilient sector, providing about $2.5 billion in annual revenue, according to Justin Whitehill, assistant professor at North Carolina State University and director of its Christmas Tree Genetics Program. With approximately 15,000 growers across the nation, Christmas trees are cultivated in every state, with key production areas in Michigan, Oregon, and North …
