Debbie Stabenow, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, rolled out legislation on Monday that would increase assistance for urban farmers according to agri-pulse Washington watch.The Urban Agriculture Act of 2016, would open some USDA programs to those involved in urban production agriculture. Specifically, the legislation allows for the development of urban farming cooperatives, increased research funding, and more access to USDA loan and risk management programs for urban farmers. And on that note it millennials who are perhaps the most important generation regarding retail sales, are also big consumers of organic food, according to new study results announced Friday by the Organic Trade Association. About 52 percent of household heads that buy organic food are millennials in the prized 18- to-34-year-old age group, the study concluded.

Just 10 days after the U.S. announced a trade dispute challenging China's domestic corn, wheat, and rice price supports, on Friday China hit back with anti-dumping duties on U.S. dried distiller's grains China's Ministry of Commerce will impose anti-dumping duties on U.S. dried distillers' grains (DDGS) effective immediately, the ministry said on Friday

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