Harris leads ag approps: Seventh-term Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, a physician, will chair the House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of USDA and FDA funding, announced House Republican leaders. (House Appropriations)
China okays GM crops: Chinese regulators, who move cautiously on genetically modified crops, approved imports of eight crops, including two varieties of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa that were submitted for review 10 years ago. (Reuters)
Food banks spending: Aside from food, their biggest expenditure, the leading outlays for food banks are likely to be marketing/fundraising and transportation services, based on an analysis of payments to outside contractors. (Food Bank News)
U.S. sorghum exports shrivel: The smallest U.S. sorghum crop in eight decades and the near-evaporation of sales to China will result in sorghum exports that are one-third of last year’s tally and the second-smallest shipments in a decade. (USDA)
Oil boss leads COP28: The United Arab Emirates, the host of COP28 , named the president of the state oil company, Sultan Al Jaber, as president of the UN climate summit this fall; he also is the minister of industry and chairman of a renewable energy firm. (BBC)