This year has been rough for farmers, but challenging market conditions and lower volumes of seed, grain and fertilizer business have also made profitability a struggle for traditional grain trading and ag input businesses.
Advocates for USMCA's positive impacts on agriculture keep pushing for congressional votes this year on the trade deal, but Congress has about two weeks left in the work year and negotiations continue over labor provisions.
The U.S. Cattlemen's Association wants the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to look into the purchase of National Beef by Brazil's Marfrig Global Foods.
