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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the administration is still analyzing whether to reopen the southern border to live cattle trade. She also hinted Wednesday at a potential announcement during an upcoming Texas trip.

The Agriculture Department will pause grant awards for the Rural Energy for America program until it finishes updating program regulations to meet an executive order calling for less federal wind and solar funding.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia are opposing Monsanto in a case before the Supreme Court involving whether federal pesticide law preempts lawsuits alleging state failure-to-warn claims.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says she is a “big supporter” of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for U.S. meat products.

Naturipe Farms hired Samantha Carrico and promoted Joe Klick and Brian Vertrees. The Raley’s Cos. president and CEO Keith Knopf has departed the organization. Madeline Drake of Sacramento was appointed deputy secretary for biodiversity and habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency.

New U.S. biofuel rules are raising hopes that a revival of the biodiesel industry is possible. The Trump administration released record-high blending quotas for biodiesel and made a key change to the Renewable Fuel Standard program that could fuel producers out of a slump.