The House overwhelmingly approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on a 385-41 vote Thursday, sending the new North American trade pact to the Senate, where it should pass easily early next year. (Agri-Pulse)  

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead with a plan to reallocate waived biofuel volumes that infuriated industry groups when it was first proposed. (Agri-Pulse)

Members of the University of Illinois farmDoc team discussed the implications of trade disputes and the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) during the 2019 Illinois Farm Economics Summit. (FarmWeekNow)

The two Republican congressmen who represent Bloomington-Normal praised bipartisan House passage of an updated trade agreement among the U.S., Mexico and Canada. U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis and Darin LaHood both voted in favor of the USMCA bill, which passed the House on Thursday on a 385-to-41 vote. (WGLT)

Farming remains overwhelmingly comprised of family businesses. Family farms as a group accounted for 98% of farms and 88% of production in 2018, according to the Economic Research Service’s latest report – America’s Diverse Family Farms 2019 Edition. (FarmWeekNow)  

The Trump administration plans to stick with its proposed 2020 biofuel blending requirements, the White House said on Wednesday, despite anger among farmers that the plan does too little for corn growers. (Reuters)