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Daybreak Jan. 8: Veg oil proponents push back against dietary guidelines

01/08/26 9:52 AM By Kim Chipman, Steve Davies, Lydia Johnson, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

The meat, dairy and produce industries like the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, but soybean growers, corn refiners and oilseed processors … not so much.

Kim Chipman Congressional Editor

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