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Farmers’ discontent over President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China erupted into the open Wednesday as his agriculture secretary was confronted at a fair in rural Minnesota.

Farmers in the crowd did not find the joke funny, but it did inspire farmers watching from afar to share their own ag jokes on Twitter.

For the past two years the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been issuing small refinery hardship waivers, which allow the awarded refiners to forgo blending ethanol with their fuels.

A key deadline is set to lapse Monday that could lead to permanent U.S. tariffs on Mexican tomato imports, with costs potentially hitting American consumers when the weather turns cold later this year.

EPA on Friday granted 31 more controversial waivers allowing refiners for forgo blending requirements of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).

The amount of uncertainty surrounding this year’s corn and soybean crops was reflected in today’s round of USDA reports.

Every qualifying farmer will receive at least $15 an acre, according to Perdue.

While some data points to a dramatic decline in the trade deficit, other data tells the opposite story. John Phipps breaks down the discrepancy in John’s World.

Grain-market watchers lashed out at USDA after the agency on Wednesday tweeted that farmers planted 91.7 million acres of corn this year, citing data that many traders believe is inaccurate.

Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas will not seek reelection in 2020.