The U.S. and China are set to go head to head at the World Trade Organization in Geneva next week in a brewing battle over Chinese wheat and rice subsidies, and neither side is showing any sign of backing down.

NCGA elects its first vice president, NSAC tapped a new director, Phipps has been named the new deputy chief of the USDA Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry programs.

It’s been months since any funds have been available for government programs that help American farmers sell their commodities overseas.

Unless the U.S. and Japan move quickly in promised trade talks, American wheat farmers stand to take significant hits in exports thanks to the swiftly approaching start of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).