Farmers may sign up for the general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) at county Farm Service Agency offices until Feb. 28. Signup for continuous CRP is ongoing. (FarmWeekNow)

China may resume purchases of U.S. ethanol to meet its spending commitments under an initial trade deal with the U.S., Bloomberg reported Tuesday. (Fox Business)

The House passed a $1.4 trillion spending deal and a $426 billion tax cut package, including an extension of the $1-per-gallon biodiesel blenders tax credit that lapsed after 2017 — … Read More

The House approved a pair of fiscal 2020 spending packages Tuesday that will provide a fresh infusion of disaster relief to farmers, extend the expired biodiesel credit to 2022 and … Read More

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement easily cleared the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, teeing up a vote of the full House on Thursday. (Agri-Pulse)

“Singing” Christmas light bulbs and a 12-foot animated Christmas tree join snowflakes, candy cane wreaths, arches and more –- all synchronized to two hours and 30 minutes of Christmas music. … Read More

A congressional agreement to fund the government for fiscal 2020 includes an additional $1.5 billion in disaster relief for farmers and would revive the biodiesel tax credit and extend it … Read More

Tyson Foods Inc received approval from U.S. and Chinese authorities to export American poultry to China from all 36 of its U.S. processing plants and expects to begin taking orders … Read More

Mexico is withdrawing its objection to a labor provision in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that threatened to derail the USMCA approval process, which is expected to take a major step forward … Read More

China will provide retaliatory tariff waivers to buyers of U.S. farm products on a more regular basis after the countries reached a phase one trade deal, according to people familiar … Read More