Our lead story is an interview with Nick Gardner, USSA’s Management Council Chair, published in German FMCG title Lebensmittel Zeitung. Nick discusses USSA’s achievements, future strategies and resilience in the face of political change. Other highlights include new data on U.S. family farms, the volume of sustainably certified U.S. soybean exports and U.S. Dairy’s 2025 export success.
Finally, we share a story about water innovation on a fourth-generation dairy farm in Kansas – just one of several best practice examples in USSA’s new insight paper on water stewardship.