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SPECIAL UPDATE for Friday, March 5 - Audio of USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's speech at Commodity Classic in Anaheim, CA.

Update for Monday: Vilsack and Johanns spar over which administration dropped the ball on beef exports to Japan.

Update for Tuesday: Senate cloture vote today on bill containing farm disaster relief and biodiesel tax credit extension, May eyed for bipartisan estate tax fix.

Update for Wednesday: USDA S&D Rpt: grain stocks rise again, soy surplus falls for fourth straight month.

Update for Thursday: House Ag Subcommittee reviews USDA's IT problems.

Update for Friday: Commodity Classic Update

Update for Saturday: Commodity Classic Update 


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University of Wisconsin law professor and antitrust expert Peter Carstensen joins us this week on Open Mic to preview the Departments of Justice and Agriculture Competition in Agriculture workshop series that begins Friday in Ankeny, Iowa. Carstensen talks about why the workshops are necessary and what regulatory actions he hopes will follow.


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