Davis, Bacon, Glusenkamp Perez win races: Three House Agriculture Committee members were declared winners as ballot counting resolved close races; Republican Dan Bacon of Nebraska and Democrats Don Davis, of North Carolina, and Marie Glusenkamp Perez, of Washington State, were all reelected. (Associated Press)
NCFC’s Conner to retire: Chuck Conner, White House agriculture adviser and Agriculture deputy secretary during the George W. Bush administration, will retire on Dec. 31 after 15 years as chief executive of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. (NCFC)
CARB sets veg-oil limit: The California Air Resources Board updated the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard with a 20 percent limit on using virgin crop oils, such as soy and canola oils, in making biobased diesel fuel. (Biobased Diesel Daily)
Food Price Index rises: The FAO Food Price Index rose by 2 percent to its highest reading in 18 months due to a sharp increase in vegetable oil prices; sugar, dairy, and cereal grain prices also rose. (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Greater sage grouse protections: The Interior Department, in updating a March proposal to safeguard the habitat of the greater sage grouse, tightened restrictions on oil and gas drilling, mineral mining, and clean energy development in 10 states. (The Hill)