Major ag groups urge Trump to include them in developing aid package

Groups representing U.S. agricultural producers are pressing the Trump administration not to overlook them as it readies a multi-billion-dollar aid package for soybean farmers who have borne the brunt of trade retaliation for U.S. tariffs. A wide swath of national and state groups, including the National Association of Wheat Growers, USA Rice and numerous others, told President Trump in an Oct. 6 letter that they face “enormously challenging market conditions,” citing low crop prices and input costs that have “increased...