Tidbits, Writing Options, ProFarmer Tour, Crop Conditions, ENSO, Export Inspections 8/19/25
- Wright team
- 3 days ago
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Tidbits
Ukrainian President Zelensky and U.S. President Trump expressed hope that their White House summit yesterday with European leaders could eventually result in trilateral talks with President Putin over ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. Meanwhile, the war continues with no end in sight.
Flash sale: Yesterday morning, the USDA announced the sale of 124,000 mts of new crop corn to unknown.
Pesticides: The Make America Healthy Again Commission expects to recommend no actions on pesticides in a document sent to President Donald Trump this week. Instead, MAHA said that it recommends allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to continue its current way of safeguarding pesticides.
A previous report released by the commission in May 2025 called out the potential hazards of glyphosate-based Roundup and atrazine while saying a balanced approach was needed between improving pesticide safety in general and the needs of farmers. The agriculture industry was outraged by the initial report, which was found to have errors in the sources cited on pesticides.
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