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Grassley blasts EPA proposal to cut biodiesel

10/11/17 9:35 AM By Ben Nuelle

NEWTON, Iowa, Oct. 10, 2017 – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley defended the biodiesel industry Tuesday at Renewable Energy Group’s biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa.

Funding farm bill demands: The 'difficult path ahead'

10/11/17 7:05 AM By Philip Brasher

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - As they prepare to write a new farm bill, the House and Senate Agriculture committees are sorting through dozens of requests for increased funding across every title, and lawmakers have no new sources of money to fill the demands.

FFAR officials cautiously optimistic about their farm bill funding chances

10/11/17 6:47 AM By Spencer Chase

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 – In conversing with leaders for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, one does not get the impression that theirs is a future almost entirely in the hands of a cash-strapped Congress.

US, Mexico, Canada set to take on thorny ag trade issues

10/11/17 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

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Washington, Oct. 11, 2017 – The past three rounds of negotiations to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement have been relatively calm when it comes to agricultural issues, but that’s expected to end as hundreds of U.S., Mexican and Canadian representatives converge in Arlington, Va., for the next five days.

US, Brazil inch toward free trade agreement

10/11/17 6:37 AM By Bill Tomson

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 – The U.S. and Brazil have clashed often in recent years over trade in everything from cotton to beef to ethanol, but the two ag producing powerhouses continue to dance around the prospects of a binding free trade agreement while quietly laying the building blocks for such a pact.

Organic farming advocates examine ways to combat fraud

10/11/17 6:29 AM By Eric Englert

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Organic farming advocates, including the Organic Trade Association (OTA), organic grain distributors and university extension programs, are taking steps to reduce organic fraud, including new traceability methods, and create a more robust U.S. organic grain supply.

California pursuing new water solutions

10/11/17 6:25 AM By Ed Maixner

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2017 – The Golden State is stretching for a new grip on both long-term water supplies and state water management policies after a tenacious five-year drought, capped by torrents of rain and snow across most of the state last fall through spring.

Ag tech startups urged to talk to the people who matter most: farmers

10/11/17 6:20 AM By Steve Davies

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Early outreach to farmers and the development of business incubators dedicated to ag startups: Those were among the suggestions offered by entrepreneurs and their backers at a congressional hearing that looked at the potential for technology to transform agriculture.

Farmers urge lawmakers to overhaul dairy policy

10/09/17 2:48 PM By Philip Brasher

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2017 - Concerns about dairy sector’s Margin Protection Program dominated the sixth farm bill listening session conducted by the House Agriculture Committee, but the lawmakers also heard appeals for increased research funding and for aid to young farmers.

CHS is tops on NCB Co-op 100 list

10/09/17 1:00 PM By Daniel Enoch

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2017 – CHS Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative that supplies energy, crop nutrients, animal feed, insurance and other services to U.S. agricultural producers, is once again the country’s top revenue producing cooperative.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Krysta Harden - U.S. Dairy Export Council

This week's Open Mic guest is Krysta Harden, President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council. Sales of dairy products in North America and around the globe have seen exponential increases over the past few decades. Harden discusses renewal of the USMCA trade agreement, proposed language in a new farm bill that would improve the outlook for dairy farmers and the International Year of the Women Farmer.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Senate Ag Chair John Boozman on farm bill text release, additional farm aid

The Senate Agriculture Committee released a farm bill discussion draft this week that includes many important provisions for rural America, but doesn't address California's Proposition 12, year-round E15 or a delay of state SNAP cost-share requirements enacted in last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman joins Newsmakers to discuss the bill and its path forward.

Plus, Tara Smith with Torrey Advisory Group and Anne MacMillan with Invariant discuss the broader farm bill politics at play during the midterm election year and the White House's supplemental spending request to address the cost of the war in Iran, which includes $11.1 billion in additional farm aid and support for year-round sales of E15.

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