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Land O’Lakes Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced a multiyear strategic alliance to develop AI-powered tools for agriculture, including a digital assistant called Oz.

Kellanova, Walmart and Indigo Ag announced a partnership to support Arkansas rice farmers through regenerative agriculture practices.

The International Dairy Foods Association hired Chelsie Keys as senior vice president of government relations. Seth Meyer, USDA's chief economist for nearly five years, will lead the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute beginning Jan. 1. Luther Markwart, CEO at the American Sugarbeet Growers Association for the past 44 years, will retire at the end of 2026. 

The Trump administration is backing Bayer’s bid for Supreme Court review of whether federal law pre-empts pesticide lawsuits filed in state courts.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that the administration will make an announcement on further payments to farmers suffering from export losses next week.

The State Department says it is developing new funding awards for Feed the Future labs, many of which have been in limbo since the administration froze funding earlier this year.

Luther Markwart, CEO and executive vice president at the American Sugarbeet Growers Association for the past 44 years, will retire at the end of 2026, according to an announcement from the group’s board of directors. 

Expiring expanded premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance will be a big issue for Congress in its post-holiday stretch. Democrats were promised a vote on the issue as part of a deal to reopen the government.

Senate Republican leadership is assembling one more package of Trump administration nominees for a floor vote this year.

It’s been a rocky year for food companies, agribusiness firms, ag lenders and farmers navigating the seismic shift in policies coming out of Washington when it comes to environmental policy, even as much of the farm economy is mired in a multiyear slump. But many companies are pressing forward with their environmental goals and testing new ways of financing changes in farming practices.