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Businessman Zach Lahn's surprise victory over U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra in the Iowa Republican gubernatorial primary is a glimpse of election battles ahead between Make America Healthy Again GOP candidates and more traditional Republicans. 

The Agriculture Department will seek comment later this year on proposals aimed at aligning new federal dietary guidelines with school meal standards, Deputy Ag Secretary Stephen Vaden says. Rep. Randy Feenstra suffered a surprising defeat in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday, losing to businessman Zach Lahn despite a late endorsement from President Donald Trump.

SNAP cost-structure changes threaten to derail the farm bill, but Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ranking member of the Agriculture Committee, says she has an "excellent working relationship" with Chair John Boozman. 

U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Vaden touts the Trump administration's trade deals with China and says the Asian nation is expected to follow through on its commitments. 

As new technologies take root in U.S. agriculture and producers' digital footprints grow, statehouses across the country are starting to wrestle with a new question: who owns the data a farm produces?

President Donald Trump says he doesn’t care if negotiations with Iran over the U.S.-Israeli war on the country are over. Sixty-five national and state commodity groups on Monday asked the Commerce Department to remove countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports. 

The week ahead will be filled with primary elections in key states and events on Capitol Hill, including an appearance by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who will testify before the House Ag Committee Thursday. Biofuels are the clear golden child of the crop-based agriculture sector, even as uncertainty persists around key issues like E15 and 45Z.

A flurry of high-profile events are on tap this week as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks on Capitol Hill, U.S. officials talk trade in India and Senate work on a new farm bill kicks into high gear. 

President Trump endorses Rep. Randy Feenstra for Iowa governor just days before the farm state's primary. 

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he could rush out a final Waters of the U.S. rule — but it’s more important to get it right. U.S. and Indian officials will meet next week with the aim of finalizing details of an interim agreement and continue broader negotiations, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry says.