# Reducing Dependence – NM Healthy Soil Working Group

> Steward CEO Dan Miller argues in an Acres USA essay published July 1 that tariffs expose a food system shaped by subsidies and export markets. He calls for regional, traceable food systems built on relationships and quality. The piece cites small oat and wheat mills as examples.

- Date: 2025-07-25 · published 2025-07-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23820-reducing-dependence-nm-healthy-soil-working-group
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

The essay is opinion on structural change and does not describe a supply or price event, so it has little direct effect on grain prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2019-09-23 | [Regrowing the marketplace for small grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57123-regrowing-the-marketplace-for-small-grains.md) | -2.1% | +6.7% |
| OATS | 2018-07-30 | [Food Scientist Receives NIFA Grant to Improve Oat Quality - Seed World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64089-food-scientist-receives-nifa-grant-to-improve-oat-quality-seed-world.md) | +7.7% | +11.9% |
| OATS | 2026-10-23 | [A scientist was pushed out for studying Iowa water . Now he running to regulate it .](https://feedsoft.ai/events/782-a-scientist-was-pushed-out-for-studying-iowa-water-now-he-running-to-regulate-it.md) | -7.8% | — |
| OATS | 2025-05-26 | [MPI’s herbicide proposal 'damaging' to NZ's export reputation, sector says \| The Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24713-mpi-s-herbicide-proposal-damaging-to-nz-s-export-reputation-sector-says-the-post.md) | +7.1% | +2.5% |
| OATS | 2020-05-14 | [Cereals Live 2020: Rethinking the Arable Rotation \| Rural Hub](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53185-cereals-live-2020-rethinking-the-arable-rotation-rural-hub.md) | -1.2% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- nmhealthysoil.org: https://www.nmhealthysoil.org/2025/07/25/reducing-dependence/

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