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SPECIAL UPDATE FOR JUNE 30 - President Barack Obama announces the launch of a Rural Tour, endorses ag-specific provisions of House climate bill and discusses the need for a "workable" NAIS in an interview with the NAFB News Service conducted by farm broadcaster Michelle Rook of WNAX in Yankton, SD.



Update for Monday: Fewer than a thousand producers have signed up for ACRE so far; NCGA asks FSA to modify enrollment procedures.



Update for Tuesday: Lucas calls ag provisions of Waxman-Markey a "fig leaf"; Stenholm says House-passed climate bill "should not" become law.



Update for Wednesday: They ended up planting a lot more acres than they said they would back in March, but the nation’s corn growers aren’t out of the woods yet.



Update for Thursday: House Ag’s Peterson promises to vote “no” on any climate change conference report that doesn't fix problems with Waxman-Markey.



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Our Open Mic guest this week is Glenn English, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), who was involved in the House climate legislation talks between chairmen Collin Peterson and Henry Waxman. English, a former Democratic congressman from Oklahoma, explains how those negotiations resulted in a better deal on carbon allowances for rural electric co-ops.


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