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Friday, April 24, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Rollins fields questions at congressional ag budget hearings »
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared before both chambers of Congress in the course of week as the appropriations...
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
House Panel Approves 2026 Ag Spending Bill »
The House Appropriations Committee has passed its draft of the Fiscal Year 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and D...
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Rollins tells lawmakers: USDA reorganization ‘underway’ »
The Department of Agriculture is beginning to reshuffle funds for its sweeping reorganization plan, Agriculture Secretary...
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
FDA's Diamantas: Defining ultra-processed foods is ‘really hard’ »
Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner for Food Kyle Diamantas said Tuesday that it will be difficult for the Tr...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
House appropriations bill would cut USDA budget 1.4% »
The House version of USDA’s budget would cut the department’s discretionary spending by $380 million, 1.4% less than the c...

Industry News
Friday, April 24, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Animal welfare beats sustainability in pet food purchases »
Both academic research and industry discussion have pointed out that animal welfare may be one of strongest marketing tool...
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Human food-pet food convergence: A look at longevity »
Eating to foster a longer, healthier life is an emerging growth category for both humans and pets, one of many that crosse...
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
$158B: US pet industry maintains steady growth through 2025 »
Food and veterinary services dominate spending as the market increases 3.7% year-on-year. Read more
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Alltech: Global pet food production slows »
After several years of significant expansion, global pet food production slowed in 2025, according to Alltech’s 2026 Agri-...
Thursday, April 23, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Nature’s nutrients: Using fruits and veggies in pet nutrition »
Results from a year-long study at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture and Life Sc...

PFI News
Monday, April 20, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pet food makers sound price alarm over biofuel boost »
A record-high U.S. mandate for biofuels is putting a new twist on an old debate: pet food versus fuel. Fuel producers have...

Agricultural News
Tuesday, April 21, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
The war’s impact on U.S. agriculture »
The leading story of every day is the Iran war, and it's obvious that the war has had a major impact on energy prices, fer...
Monday, April 20, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Map of dominant bird flu strain explains its spread »
An international group of scientists mapped the spread of the current dominant strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Monday, April 20, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Ground broken for sterile fly production facility in Texas »
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Lt. Gen. William H. “Butch” Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commandi...

Trade News
Monday, April 20, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
Tariff refund system launches as thousands of companies file claims »
The refund system aiming to return up to $166 billion to importers per court order  went live on Monday as thousands...
Monday, March 2, 2026   (0 Comments - view/add)
USDA cuts ag trade deficit forecast on even lower imports »
The Agriculture Department is now forecasting that the U.S. agricultural trade deficit will fall from $43.7 billion in fis...
Friday, April 11, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump Lowers Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days, but Raises Chinese Tariffs to 125% »
A few hours after they took effect, President Trump posted on Truth Social that he has authorized a 90-day pause on the sp...

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