GreenSheet | October 1, 2026

President Donald Trump put Mexican cartels on notice before the world Tuesday, telling the United Nations General Assembly that the cartels are “the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere” and “enemies at war with civilization” that use “murder, rape, torture, and extortion as instruments of terror," calling Mexico “the epicenter of the cartel violence.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regenerative Pilot Program provides financial assistance to producers for adopting conservative systems that improve soil health, water quality and long-term farm resilience. Funding for the program was recently increased from $700 million to $1 billion for fiscal year 2027.