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USDA chief Brooke Rollins promised farmers that applications for economic aid allocated by Congress in December would be ready by this week.

A combination of strong supplies, shipping logjams and persistent drought may be coalescing to produce peak almond.

She said cuts at the Agriculture Department are "counter to the intentions of Congress" at a POLITICO event Thursay.

“All of this is coming at them at once,” the Minnesota senator said at POLITICO Playbook’s First 100 Days breakfast series Thursday.

Still, the Republican said Thursday that people are willing to give Trump time to work through his trade deals.

Ag committee lawmakers and farmers are closely watching how Donald Trump’s next tariff moves could impact their markets and production plans this year.

The agriculture industry will take a major hit from the new 25 percent duties on Mexico and Canada that went into effect at midnight.

“My team will be available to answer your calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Brooke Rollins said.

House Republicans' budget resolution plan would require the House Ag Committee to find $230 billion in spending cuts.

Rollins has already held “several” briefings on avian influenza, one of the top issues she’ll have to handle as USDA chief.