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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.

California water officials have allocated $86 million to help drought-impacted communities. October exports of U.S. beef volume increased from a year ago, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

The Golden State has become a leader in harnessing “Cow Power” to produce renewable fuels and other clean energy. California farmers purchase the most Federal Crop Insurance for Specialty Crops.

A global food crisis is expected this fall amid the war in Ukraine and other factors, and a House Ag panel is looking at U.S. overseas food aid programs.

In response to port congestion, the Senate passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, making it more difficult for ocean carriers to refuse to load American goods ready to get shipped from U.S. ports.

Low-income Kentucky residents recovering from severe weather outbreaks could be eligible for a helping hand from USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The U.S. dairy industry celebrated last week’s decision which found Canada is improperly restricting access to U.S. dairy products, violating tariff-rate quota commitments in the U.S.-M-C-A.

Critics of the EPA’s renewable volume obligations announcement say the proposal sets the precedent of revising previously finalized volumes in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

**Supply chain issues are challenging the ag sector, and farmers and ranchers hoping for quick solutions may be out of luck. The Associated Press reports a significant backlog of ships entering U.S. waters and fewer ships making a voyage back across the ocean as a big reason U...

Farmers and produce marketers say they expect demand from restaurants and other food-service buyers to stay muted due to ongoing, COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions.