With prospects dimming for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, during 2016, the American Farm Bureau Fed­eration (AFBF) is working to build support for passage of TPP and other potential trade agreements in the coming years, AFBF President Zippy Duvall said last week.

"Hitting the pause button on TPP is not ideal, but it is not unusual or fatal," Duvall said in his weekly commentary. "When the new administration and the new...