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Growing concern about the water and energy usage of sprawling data centers used to power AI is prompting calls for more federal oversight from both Republicans and Democrats. 

A bill advanced by House lawmakers last week to reauthorize a slate of surface transportation programs for five years is generally receiving praise from farm groups and shipping organizations, though trucking weight limits and rail safety measures remain points of contention.

Twenty House Republicans are calling upon the Trump administration to take a hard line with Mexico ahead of a July review of the North American trade pact, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Major seed company Bayer is no longer requiring independent seed companies seeking discounts through its loyalty program to meet sales targets, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. 

House Ways and Means Committee Democrats are urging the administration to tone down the rhetoric heading into discussions with Canada and Mexico on the future of a North American trade deal. 

The House Transportation Committee unveils a proposed $580 billion, five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. 

Agriculture markets are analyzing the outcome of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while U.S. lawmakers are taking in the latest sign of a tumultuous political season ahead. 

Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., expresses concerns with the House-passed E15 bill. 

The corn industry's quest to get more biofuel into U.S. gasoline tanks took a stumble as estimates on the cost of proposed ethanol legislation to soybean farmers opened up a major rift in the agriculture world.