The new funding initiative is designed to help states overcome inspection start-up costs and expand processing opportunities for smaller meat processors.
The order directs USDA to streamline state-federal inspection programs, support smaller processors, expand processing capacity and strengthen enforcement of meat industry rules.
The USDA forecasts record global coffee production, exports and consumption in 2026/27, with higher output expected to partially replenish global coffee stocks.
Higher US sugar imports are expected to boost Mexican producer revenues, strengthen regional trade, and improve returns for approximately 170,000 sugarcane farmers.
Funding will be administered through the Farm Service Agency under existing federal authority.