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The two 2018 World Food Prize laureates announced on Monday have never worked with each other, but their roles in improving maternal and child nutrition worldwide go together.

The Senate is set to debate a popular bipartisan farm bill this week that senators from both parties are eager to pass amid the uncertainty in rural America over President Donald Trump’s trade policy.

A plan announced today by the Trump administration would shift Department of Agriculture programs to different government agencies, dramatically shrinking the size and scope of the department.

House Republicans revived their farm bill and its expanded work rules for food stamp recipients by narrowly passing the legislation with the help of conservatives who had used the measure as leverage to get the House to act on immigration policy. 

President Donald Trump today announced the U.S. will hit China with $50 billion worth of tariffs on more than 1,000 Chinese productds, taking the U.S. closer to a trade war with the Asian nation, which has threatened to hit back with tariffs on U.S. soybeans, wheat, corn and other commodities.

President Trump today said he was imposing tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods from China, risking a trade war with the world’s most populous country.