Wednesday, Kevin Johnson, CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, published a letter to partners, customers, and stakeholders outlining plans to make the company more sustainable in the coming decade. Johnson has said part of those efforts will be a focus on milk alternatives. Dairy organizations are responding to the news. (Successful Farming)

The Trump administration is expected to release today its final rule removing millions of miles of streams and roughly half of the country’s wetlands from federal protection. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is due in Las Vegas this afternoon to address the National Association of Home Builders, a group that has fought for decades to restrict the reach of the Clean Water Act. (Politico)

AFBF delegates, during this week’s Annual Convention, recommended a review of the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s crop reporting program, including its methodology and track record. Delegates approved a recommendation from Illinois Farm Bureau asking the AFBF board to take a “deep dive” into USDA’s crop-reporting methods. (Politico)

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the president pro tempore of the Senate, signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Wednesday, sending the trade legislation to President Trump for his signature. (The Hill)

Thousands of farmers welcomed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Monday at American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention in Texas. (FarmWeekNow)

President Trump on Sunday highlighted for farmers his plans to scale back another Obama-era water policy, a move the White House believes could pay dividends with the farm vote in this year’s presidential election. (The Hill)