RFS cuts mooted: The EPA has proposed large cuts in biofuel blending requirements for 2020, 2021 and 2022 to reflect the overall drop in fuel consumption during the pandemic, according to a document provided by an unnamed source. (Reuters)
Vote on Wilkes: The Senate Agriculture Committee was scheduled to vote on Thursday on the nomination of Homer Wilkes for agriculture undersecretary for natural resources. (Senate Ag)
UK + USMCA?: With hopes of a Anglo-US trade deal receding, Britain proposed that it join the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement but obstacles quickly appeared for that approach too. (Irish Times)
Hemp funding options: At is annual meeting, members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture agreed that industrial hemp should be eligible for USDA specialty crop funding, as well as being regarded as a commodity crop.