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Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins - Harvest season is here, and our state leaders are out meeting the farmers and rural communities they serve.
I joined @usdaRD and @usdaFSA state directors for our monthly call to discuss support coming to producers this fall and investments in domestic fertilizer and beef processing. In August alone, these directors held nearly 1,000 events and met with tens of thousands of farmers and rural Americans across the country.
We still have more work to do to rebuild the agricultural economy. But there is encouraging news this harvest: prices for ALL row crops are higher since President Trump took office! AND at their highest harvest-time levels in three years.
Thank you to every director putting in the miles and listening to the people we serve.
https://x.com/SecRollins/status/2103219215993884870

Secretary Brooke Rollins @SecRollins - QUICK UPDATE ON RANCHER AGENDA:🇺🇸🐂 
President Trump promised to put America’s ranchers first — and just weeks after launching our Ranchers First Initiative, our team and partners across the Trump administration and across the country are working around the clock: 
✅ Helping ranchers rebuild their herds: We are fast-tracking the new BRAND Endorsement, which will give ranchers greater financial protection when they retain heifers for breeding instead of selling them. 
✅ Helping ranchers recover from disasters: New guidance allows ranchers with Grasslands CRP acres to access emergency assistance to rebuild perimeter fences and repair other critical infrastructure after wildfires and natural disasters. 
✅ Opening new markets for local meat: New Mexico has joined a federal-state inspection program that allows qualifying local processors to sell inspected meat within state lines. More states coming soon.
✅ Expanding local processing: We announced up to $50 million to help states establish or expand their own meat and poultry inspection programs — creating more options for ranchers and reducing reliance on the large processors. 
✅ Protecting working grasslands: More than 983,000 acres will enter Grasslands CRP on October 1, keeping land available for grazing while supporting conservation. 
✅ Expanding grazing opportunities: USDA and DOI have expanded grazing access across almost 5 million acres of federal lands, including by reopening vacant and closed allotments and streamlining grazing regulations.
✅ Ending ESG mandates: We stopped mandatory producer checkoff dollars from funding ESG-related projects. Ranchers’ money should promote their products, not advance costly political agendas. 
✅ Expanding markets for American beef: We’ve delivered 20 new trade deals and frameworks, with more to come! American ranchers gained access to Australia’s beef market for the first time in two decades, and a trade deal secured an additional annual duty-free quota of 13,000 metric tons of American beef in the UK.