Agribusiness Update for Wednesday 10/23/13

A new report out by the Union of Concerned Scientists says if farm policies helped Americans choose healthier foods, U.S. farmers would grow them, bringing a host of benefits to farm country. It's a first-of-its-kind report that uses economic modeling to estimate the impacts of dietary shifts on farm production.

In his weekly address this weekend - President Obama highlighted three places where he believes Democrats and Republicans in Congress can work together right away. He called on lawmakers to sit down and pursue a balanced budget approach to a responsible budget, to finish the job of fixing the nation's broken immigration system and to pass a farm bill.

Chile has determined no action should be taken to limit pork imports. The National Pork Producers Council says this is a big victory for America's pork producers. Chile initiated a "safeguard" investigation in May on all imported frozen pork - including imports from the U.S. Safeguard measures are temporary emergency actions - such as duty increases - against imported products that have caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the importing country's domestic industry.

That's today's Agribusiness Update from the Ag Information Network.