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Glyphosate is a step closer to getting approved for continued use in the European Union after a positive review by a group of regulators assigned to study the herbicide's safety. 

The U.S. and European Union reached an agreement Tuesday to bring an end to the long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies as well as a five-year suspension of retaliatory tariffs that impact agricultural trade.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is heading to Brussels for a summit hosted by the European Council next week and says she’s optimistic ahead of expected “intense negotiations” to end two disputes with the European Union as well as work with European allies to address trade challenges from China.

The U.S. and European Union are working to smooth out trade differences when it comes to aviation and steel, but the U.S. dairy sector says a proposed European overhaul to the health certificates it requires for imports is a major threat to American exports.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade.

Soaring prices for commodities ranging from corn to cotton have fueled a sense of optimism for some farmers this growing season, but economists and land investors warn that the highs could be short-lived and that higher cash rents and production expenses could squeeze growers sooner than they expect.

JBS was the target of a cyber security attack over the weekend affecting its North American and Australian operations.

The federal agencies responsible for inspecting agricultural imports at national ports of entry lack sufficient staff and training, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and have failed to document progress on their own strategic plan. These are among the findings of a Government Accountability Office report on imported agriculture inspections, released Tuesday.

The Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service is now forecasting an even higher record-breaking year for U.S. agricultural exports in fiscal year 2021.