The Trump administration said the Supreme Court should hear Bayer's Roundup petition that could end cancer lawsuits, arguing federal pesticide labeling laws preempt state-liability claims.
Chinese scholar Yunqing Jian pled guilty to smuggling crop pathogen Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. She was sentenced to time served and returned to China.
In a letter to USDA leaders, policy groups with diverse positions on federal spending are calling on the department to ensure any ad-hoc aid to farmers focuses on need and uses clear eligibility standards to reduce the risks of waste and fraud.