Matt Kaye reports from Washington as the GOP controlled House approves select committee on US-CCP competition , including China US farmland buys. Illinois Director of Ag Jerry Costello opened the Everything Local-Specialty Growers Conference in Springfield celebrating local foods partnerships and the Illinois programs that celebrate the diversity in the state. Nick Paulson, U of I, from the IL Farm Economics Summit on the cost of raising a crop in 2023. USDA Sec Tom Vilsack from the AFBF Convention earlier this week.