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WASHINGTON, June 28, 2017 - It was Thursday, June 22, in the Syngenta Viptera trial. The lawyers for the Kansas growers and Syngenta had finished delivering closing arguments and the jury had received instructions from the judge for how it should arrive at a verdict. But the jury needed one more thing. In a note to the judge, they asked, “Can we have a calculator”?

BRAZIL, June 28, 2017 - It was an unprecedented move in 2013 when the U.S. and Brazil announced simultaneously that they were lifting their bans on each other’s beef.

BASEL, SWITZERLAND, June 27 – Now that the acquisition is complete, leaders of both Syngenta and its new parent company, ChemChina, have a plan to make important changes as they advance their joint strategies. But they’ll also work on keeping quite a few things the same.

WHITEFISH, Mont., June 26, 2017 – The Western Governors’ Association opened its summer meeting on Monday by hosting two high-ranking Canadians who called for the U.S. to be careful as it moves to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2017 – Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has been announced as the winner of the 2017 World Food Prize.

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2017 - House Republicans look to roll out a fiscal 2018 budget blue-print this week that could cut farm bill spending to help offset the cost of increased defense spending or tax cuts.

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2017 – A void was created when the U.S. pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Now, U.S. lawmakers are pushing the Trump administration for clues as to how the U.S. will increase trade in the Pacific Rim without the massive trade pact.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 21, 2017 – President Donald Trump toured the precision agriculture training program at Kirkwood Community College here today before delivering optimistic campaign-style speeches that embraced farmers and ranchers as the “backbone of America.”

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told lawmakers today he expects a speedy conclusion to the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but he would not commit to a deadline.