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Investing website DIVIDEND.com says agriculture stocks are extremely undervalued. Citing Bayer's attempt at buying Monsanto along with several other major agriculture stock –related mergers and buyouts over the past six months. Dividend analysis Aaron Levit calls “buying stock on the hope of a buyout a stupid strategy”, but said “buying undervalued companies and collecting some pretty impressive d

National Crop Insurance Services reports Nearly 90 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of farmers, and 92 percent said it was important to provide them with federal funding, according to a poll released May 11. Positive marks cut across party lines, showing that a strong farm policy is a bipartisan issue...

Delta Farm Press reports that the EPA’s Cancer Assessment Review Committee published an official classification of glyphosate as “not likely to be carcinogenic.” But the status of the action is unclear because EPA pulled the committee’s report offline...

At last week’s Commodity Classic, the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba called on Congress to remove trade barriers with Cuba. The coalition says by doing so; agriculture could capture sales in the country just 90 miles off the U.S. shores...

Monsanto is taking legal action to prevent what the company calls a flawed listing of the herbicide glyphosate under California’s Proposition 65. Prop 65 requires the state to maintain a “list of chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer...

Farmers National Company predicts a softer agricultural land market will continue in 2016, with values for high-quality land holding steadier while lower quality land values decline. Still, despite lower land values scattered across many regions, land values, in general, will remain historically high when compared to long-term trends, according to the nation's leading farm and ranch real estate co

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association testified on what it called the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Kevin Kester, NCBA’s Policy Division Chair, testified before the ITC, stressing the importance of TPP for the cattle industry...

The U.S. House will again attempt to nullify the ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule in 2016. Voting is planned on a Congressional Review Act challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial rule in the House next year and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate is in the process of putting a WOTUS repeal on the President’s desk...

Monsanto is apparently considering another attempt to acquire Syngenta. Reports say Monsanto is discussing internally the merits of making an offer. In August, Monsanto withdrew a $46.6 billion proposed takeover after Syngenta opposed the deal...

The European Food Safety Authority says glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in Monsanto weed killer, likely doesn’t cause cancer in humans. But EFSA did propose some new controls on residues in food. The ruling may mean that products containing glyphosate will have an easier time staying on the European market...