What Can You Learn at the WIA Summit? | Int'l Market Opens for Poultry Producers | Forests Open to Logging

Compiled Industry News (July 2, 2025)

What can you learn at the Women in Agribusiness Summit?

Farm Progress hosts, Curt Arena and Sarah McNaughton, visit with Svitlana Synkovska, portfolio director for Women in Agribusiness. With her 20+ years in the global agribusiness industry, “Lana” shares what attendees can expect to discover during the Women in Agribusiness Summit, Sept. 22-24, 2025.

USDA opens $15 million international market for poultry producers

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced market access valued at $15 million for US poultry producers to Namibia. Beginning July 1, U.S. exporters can ship fresh, frozen or chilled poultry and poultry products to Namibia.

Trump administration to open undeveloped forests to mining, logging

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will rescind a Clinton-era policy that banned logging, roads, and mining in undeveloped forests so it can manage those lands for fire risks, the agency said on Monday, a move opposed by environmentalists. The change will allow nearly 59 million acres (23.9 million hectares) of federal forest lands to be better managed for fire risk, the USDA said.

6-30-25 -- Poultry, pork groups ask Trump administration to keep WTO funding

6-30-25 -- New study shows corn farming delivers economic benefits across all 50 states

6-26-25 -- IGC: Global grain production to grow for third consecutive year

6-25-25 -- Controversial project [that could also improve food security by enabling engineered weather-resilient crops] to create artificial human DNA begins

6-25-25 -- ADM opens animal health and wellness research center in Switzerland

6-24-25 -- Ponzi scheme beef company ordered to pay $103 million

6-20-25 -- Trump administration suspends enforcement of Biden-era farmworker rule

Just for fun: Stars-and-stripes and gold Fords: Promotional tractors through the years