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The U.S. and Brazil have agreed to revive for 90 days the expired tariff rate quota that allows some U.S. ethanol to flow to the South American country duty free, the two countries said in a joint statement Friday night.

Former Minnesota Lt. Gov. Michelle Fischbach easily won the GOP nomination to challenge Rep. Collin Peterson this fall, but the House Agriculture Committee chairman starts with a financial advantage.

A fresh round of assistance from the Small Business Administration should soon be available to farmers.

The USDA’s decision to open the tightly-controlled U.S. sugar market to more foreign sugar comes as a relief for bakers and food manufacturers.

The Department of Agriculture expects imports of an additional 100,000 short tons of refined Mexican sugar to compensate for shortages in U.S. production.

There won’t likely be enough sugar in the U.S. market to comfortably supply all the bakers, candy makers and food manufacturers that need it at a reasonable price, so USDA will soon be announcing a plan to allow for more imports, the department announced Friday.

Sugar producers leave no doubt they want to keep their supply-managed sugar market.