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After bad weather, USDA forecasts a 41% tart cherry crop loss in Michigan, which grows about 70% of the country’s tart cherries.
About 6,500 food and consumer safety inspectors at FSIS were covered by the terminated collective bargaining agreement and roughly 1,500 APHIS employees who inspect plants for pests and disease will be affected by a notice terminating their bargaining agreement, Reuters reports.
The extension, which avoids a 30% tariff on most Mexican non-automotive and non-metal goods compliant with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade, came after a Thursday morning call between Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
President Donald Trump said on Monday most trading partners that do not negotiate separate trade deals would soon face tariffs of 15% to 20% on their exports to the U.S.
Protestors clashed with federal agents performing immigration enforcement raids in the agricultural areas of Southern California.
There are no policy changes under way to exempt farm, hotel and other leisure workers from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Washington Post reported on Friday, a day after the U.S. president vowed to issue an order for such workers.
President Donald Trump said he would issue an order to address the effects of the immigration crackdown on farm workers but did not specify what changes would be implemented.
UNFI said the incident temporarily hurt its “ability to fulfill and distribute customer orders.”
While the USDA canceled the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program in March, school nutrition has come under scrutiny by the Health and Human Services secretary.
In a letter to employees, Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart, said she will leave her role later this year and join OpenAI.