Source: Philip Brasher, AGRI-PULSE, 9/15/16

Nominees to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission assured the Senate Agriculture Committee that they will regularly seek input from farmers and keep in mind the impact of regulations on the agribusiness sector. However, the Democratic nominee, Christopher Brummer, also stressed that it was also important for the agency to consider the risk to the overall economy of failing to police the futures market adequately. 

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