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India has formally removed retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. farm products that made almonds and walnuts from California less competitive.

The USDA’s Economic Research Service reports wholesale egg prices reached record highs in 2022 after avian flu resulted in significant reductions in egg-laying flocks.

The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office announced that India will lift its 20% retaliatory tariff on U.S. apples, that’s been in place since 2018, within the next 90 days.

The National Milk Producers Federation strongly opposes legislation introduced in Congress that would increase U.S. vulnerability to infant formula supply disruptions.

Baby formula imports will be subject to tariffs again in 2023 when exemptions implemented during a nationwide shortage expire. America’s ethanol industry saw its production margins get weaker late in 2022.

According to a new report from the USDA’s economic research and foreign agricultural services divisions, farm exports are expected to total $193.5 billion, down $2.5 billion from the final revised forecast for 2023.

California Farm Bureau President Jamie Johansson told leaders of the EPA that the pending “waters of the United States” rule, or WOTUS, must provide protections for normal farming activities.

**A diverse group of more than 40 American food and ag leaders sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on tariffs. The groups are asking for the suspension, reduction, or elimination of tariffs to ease the burden of retaliatory tariffs on rural America...

Food inflation is up for the ninth straight month matching the U.S. inflation rate of 7.9% a year, with double-digit increases in the price of meat, milk, and fresh fruit.

India and the U.S. agreed to expand trade between the nations on some agricultural products, including U.S. cherries, alfalfa, and distiller’s dried grains.