100 Days Takeaways | Donation Saves Soybean Lab | Iowa Farmer Talks Trade War

Industry News Compilation (May 5, 2025)

5/1/25 -- From funding freezes to climate rollbacks, here's a review of the top stories from the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. Read more in Food Tank: The first 100 Days: How Trump and Vance have changed food, agriculture, health, and climate

4-30-25 -- The Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will remain open another year thanks to an anonymous $1.02 million donation through the Founders Pledge, a global nonprofit supporting entrepreneurs. World Grain reports: Donation saves Illinois Soybean Innovation Lab

4-24-25 -- Editor's Note: This podcast is for NYT subscribers only, but since the interview is with WIA's own Advisory Board member April Hemmes, it has been included here. Apologies to those who cannot access it (which is why WIA Today does not usually include NYT articles). NYT's editor Michael Barbaro speaks to Iowa soybean farmer April Hemmes, who helped build that $13 billion market, and asks her what President Trump’s sky-high tariffs mean for her and for tens of thousands of other American farmers. For NYT subscribers, hear more: What an Iowa Farmer Fears About the Trade War

5-2-25 -- New study reveals what farmers really think about robots

5-2-25 -- $5.5 billion in DEI and climate programs cancelled

5-1-25 -- Mexico poised to claim top export spot for U.S. ag products

4-29-25 -- Here’s how ag and biofuel leaders reacted to the nationwide emergency E15 waiver

4-29-25 -- Just for fun: Sea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you think