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March 11-13: The ag news service, AgriPulse, put on a recent webinar titled Analyzing the Health and Economics of Seed Oils. It featured Carla Schultz, a Michigan farmer and a former director on the United Soybean Board; Julie Ohmen, CEO of the Soy Nutrition Institute Global; and Carson Fort, government affairs manager for the American Soybean Association. You can view a recording here. March 10: Outtakes from the recent USDA Ag Outlook Forum include Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden and Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor discussing trade opportunities for U.S. biofuels. March 9: CRU Group, a British company that provides market analysis and other services to companies involved in the mining, metals, and fertilizer industries, is tracking the impacts of the latest Middle East conflict on fertilizer pricing and availability. There’s a recording of a 3/4/2026 video presentation here. March 6: Cargill’s North America Commercial Director, Greg Shoemaker, profiled the company in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action. Based in Minneapolis, Cargill has operations in 70 countries. March 5: U.S. Department of Agriculture Chief Ag Negotiator Julie Callahan and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg shared information about a dual strategy to improve ag exports. It includes reciprocal trade agreements and rapid response missions involving U.S. farmers visiting with trading partners in foreign countries. March 4: David Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst at The Cook Political Report, made some observations about this year’s midterm elections as a guest on the Keep America Growing podcast (Episode 26) from National Crop Insurance Services. March 3: Two environmental/health groups--the Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Food Safety--are suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency over the EPA’s approval of isocycloseram, an insecticide used on some crops and green spaces. The suit alleges that former lobbyists now working for the EPA were behind the approval. Isocycloseram is in a class known as “forever chemicals” and the EPA itself has found in animal studies to have harmful effects. March 2: 2025 was a pretty good year overall for U.S. meat exports, according to Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation. You can listen to Halstrom’s comments here. February 27: The Pat Garrett Sheepskin Outlet is located just off (Exit 19) I-78 about halfway between Harrisburg and Allentown in southeast Pennsylvania. Garrett--who is also a country music performer and recording artist--has thousands of sheepskin garments and other items at prices he says are considerably less than competitors.

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