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National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

House GOP plans to pass GMO pre-emption bill this week

Farm groups urge immigration, guest-worker reforms

Broad-ranging reform is needed for U.S. immigration and guest worker laws, said three farm groups who supported the comprehensive reform bill passed by the Senate in 2013.

Third year of record sales by agricultural cooperatives

Agricultural cooperatives had record sales of more than $246 billion in 2013, the third year in a row of record-setting volume and a reflection of boom times in the farm sector, said the Agriculture Department.