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Douglas Eger is not deterred, but he is willing to concede that he and other backers of a concept called “natural asset companies” made tactical errors in the way they described NACs in their effort to get the companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack used his speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention to roll out more than $200 million in loans and grants through programs meant to bolster American production of fertilizer and renewable energy.

Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall touted many of his organization’s successes in a speech at its annual convention but pressed members for more action on a long list of the group’s priorities.

The House Ways and Means Committee advances a bipartisan agreement to expand the child tax credit while boosting two tax breaks that are widely used in agriculture.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is circulating some ideas for farm program reforms that include an increase in effective reference prices that would benefit all commodities, plus an unspecified improvement in marketing loans.

A bipartisan deal between leaders of the House and Senate tax-writing committees would raise limits on the Section 179 expensing provision that is popular with farmers, and the agreement also would restore a bonus depreciation provision to 100%.