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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue appears before a Senate Ag Appropriations panel and another key hearing by the Senate Intelligence panel on the Russia situation are key agenda items this week in Washington.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he would support a plan backed by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to provide a tax credit to biodiesel producers rather than to fuel blenders.

Farm bill timeline murky | Only one farmer safety net? | Dairy policy awaits USDA decision | Higher CRP maximum acres | Crop insurance tweaks

Innovative approach to farm labor | Sugar and new farm bill | Funding Trump’s border wall | China wants to boost livestock, dairy output | Sen. Menendez trial | India’s biofuel policy | Pink slime and green dollars

Trump doubles down on N. Korea comments | More legal U.S. farm labor: report | More U.S. food products could be going to China via Alibaba product | IEA boosts world oil demand forecast

Full agenda when lawmakers return | U.S.-N. Korea | Trump briefing | NAFTA 2.0 talks | Trade action on China | FOMC minutes | Deere earnings

NAFTA 2.0 timeline murky as negotiators from three countries must clear sensitive trade policy hurdles

Trumps lists WOTUS replacement and beef sales to China as key accomplishments so far. Trump team may soon announce trade move against China.

Bloomberg reports U.S. soybeans are part of any China trade retaliation plan if President Trump unveils trade sanctions against them. Meanwhile, three CFTC nominees move to the Senate, and an update on USDA nominees.

Senate joins House in recess | Employment report | No Trump announcement today on China | Perdue in Minnesota | Banks again cut oil price forecasts | China not clamoring for U.S. beef