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Portland, Oregon’s city council has voted to phase out petroleum diesel and replace the product with biofuels. US looks resolution to a lingering trade dispute with Mexico over biotech corn imports.

**Higher corn prices muddied the U.S. ethanol industry, but the full impact of the corn price spike might not be felt for weeks. The Renewable Fuels Association estimates about two dozen of the 200 U.S. ethanol plants are idled and another two dozen have reduced production. ...

If you’ve been blessed with starting a family in recent years, a fair warning that it’s going to cost you. That's apparent from USDA's latest “Cost of Raising a Child” report, which estimates that for a child born in 2015, a middle-income married couple will spend $233,610 (in 2015 dollars) on child-rearing expenses until the child turns 18...

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...

After farmers alleged losses from China rejecting shipments of genetically modified corn, Syngenta AG has now sued several grain-trading firms. Dow Jones reports the lawsuit that was filed last week stems from a legal dispute that arose last year...