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The agricultural production losses associated with Hurricane Ian, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Ag estimates a potential loss of up to $1.56 billion for Florida producers.

The Trump administration wants changes in the SNAP Program. NAFTA nations stressing that continuing duty-free agricultural trade is critical to their success.

Arkansas have approved a ban on dicamba use between April 16th and October 31st. A possible merger, Archer-Daniels-Midland has sought deal talks with Bunge.

U.S. lawmakers are pushing for USDA to have a formal role in considering ChemChina's planned takeover of Switzerland's Syngenta.  Sen. Chuck Grassley says the $43 billion takeover of Syngenta could pose risks to the security of America’s food supply...

Pork producers want USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to exhaust all legal options against a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States. Delegates from both the National Pork Board and the National Pork Industry Council voted to pressure Vilsack to seek all legal options against the lawsuit...

Senate Agriculture Chair Pat Roberts says a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not expected until after the November Elections. The trade deal was formally signed this week but still needs approval from the member countries. Roberts, along with House Agriculture Ranking Democrat Collin Peterson, said the trade deal does not seem likely to be considered before the lame-duck session... Read Mo

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

National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson has thanked the growing number of women in agriculture – now roughly 1 million strong and responsible for a $12.9 billion dollar economic impact – for their invaluable contributions to family farming and ranching and noted that their growing presence in farming is vital to the nation’s food security...

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...

Following its passage, Canadian officials praised the U.S. spending bill that included a repeal of mandatory meat country-of-origin labeling. The repeal averted a potential trade war as the bill avoids $1 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs Canada and Mexico were authorized to impose on the United States...