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Unions representing USDA employees are calling on the Trump administration to release a cost-benefit analysis behind the department’s reorganization plan. 

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to take a new approach to reviewing small refinery exemption requests amid litigation over previous denials, according to federal court filings. 

The European Union agreed to provide “preferential market access” for a range of agricultural goods, in a joint trade framework announced today with the United States.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Congress will “keep the options open” for a new round of payments to compensate farmers for the slump commodity markets.  

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is taking a wait and see approach to determining whether additional assistance will be needed this fall to help commodity farmers weather a challenging farm economy.

Leaders of an association representing FSA committee members are raising concerns that staff reductions have left “many offices without the necessary employee resources to adequately” handle farm programs.