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If Congress and lobby groups have taught us anything in over 40 years of watching them, it is that most never want to reduce spending taxpayers’ money; in fact, they usually want increases.

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.

Both the House and Senate are out for a Memorial Day break, so the focus will be on the White House.

Economic activity continued to expand at a “modest or moderate pace” from early April through late May, though not all Federal Reserve districts shared that sentiment, according to the Beige Book.

Getting NAFTA renegotiations with Canada and Mexico completed by January 2018 marks the “best window” for the discussions to conclude, according to US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Details on renegotiation of the North American Free Trade (NAFTA) agreement will come between now and the first week of May, President Donald Trump pledged today.

A Senate vote today on Sonny Perdue as the new USDA Secretary and a White House agriculture-related meeting on Tuesday are the key focus items for the week ahead.

The slow-then-fast Congress is in a likely short-run fast period, so here are some updates of some policy issues of note.

“Do not open the farm bill” is the mantra when the farm sector wants no changes. But when they do want changes, a must-have bill is the vehicle for change.

Imagine if the average Chinese person were to consume just a single pound of U.S. beef per year.