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The U.S. is escalating its dispute with Mexico over the country’s ban on genetically modified white corn and its intent to eventually bar all biotech corn from food and animal feed by calling for the establishment of a dispute panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Rep. Dusty Johnson, a member of the House Ag Committee and chairman of the Republican Main Street Caucus, told reporters Wednesday he doesn't believe members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus are "interested in delaying" this year's farm bill.

China had no right to hit U.S. exports – including farm commodities - with retaliatory tariffs five years ago in response to U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, according to a ruling Wednesday by a World Trade Organization dispute panel.

Ron Gibson, the Utah Farm Bureau president who announced a leave of absence last week following the release of a video of a confrontation with the farmworkers on his dairy operation, has resigned from his position.

The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition calling for stricter regulation of animal feeding operations, deciding instead to establish a federal advisory committee to examine the matter.

Utah Farm Bureau President Ron Gibson is facing human trafficking allegations after video surfaced online of him allegedly assaulting a worker on his dairy farm.