A New Global Soybean Map |Gov't Shutdown Closes USDA | iGrow Dashboard to Track AgTech Trends
- Michelle Pelletier Marshall
- Oct 10
- 2 min read
Compiled news from industry sources (October 10, 2025)
Soybeans have recently emerged onto the world stage – not just as a food source for people and animals, but as a powerhouse in international politics between China and the U.S., with Brazil and Argentina on the stage. Here is what you might want to know about how soybeans are being used as a political weapon.
Reuters' Leah Doublas, P.J. Huffstutter and Julie Ingersen reported that “during a shutdown, about 42,000 USDA staff would be furloughed, according to the agency’s 2025 shutdown contingency plan, roughly half the agency’s employees. Activities deemed mission-critical, like food safety inspections and some lab operations, would continue, while efforts like non-mandatory data collection and most research would cease, the document shows.”
AgTech Media Group, the company behind iGrow News, has launched the iGrow Dashboard, a digital tool designed to transform industry coverage into actionable insights. Drawing from over 5,000 published articles since 2021, the dashboard organizes developments in agtech into structured data for analysis.
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U.S. soybean farmers, deserted by big buyer China, scramble for other importers
Global poultry proves resilient despite market disruptions
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Cargill donates $1 million to K-State’s Agriculture Innovation Initiative
