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Uncertainty surrounds Trump regulation-cutting order

01/30/17 1:00 PM By Spencer Chase
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2017 – During much of the Obama administration, it was one of the worst kept secrets in farm country that many saw regulations as agriculture’s longest four-letter word. Action taken today by President Donald Trump might address some of that concern.
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for January 30, 2017

01/30/17 8:00 AM By Bill Tomson
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2017 - Trade was on the list of topics that U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked about on Saturday, according to a White House statement. The two leaders agreed to meet in person in Washington on Feb. 10.
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for January 27, 2017

01/27/17 8:26 AM By Philip Brasher
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2017 - President Donald Trump has thrown another curve ball to Congress on tax reform and trade. As he flew back to Washington yesterday from a speech in Philadelphia at the congressional GOP retreat, his spokesman raised the idea of paying for the wall with Mexico with a 20-percent tax on imports.
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Trump budget being watched for attacks on USDA programs

01/25/17 1:41 PM By Philip Brasher
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2017 - President Donald Trump’s team has been plotting to use his first budget plan to make a case that he’s serious about cutting spending and weeding out programs considered unnecessary. Word leaked just ahead of the president’s inauguration that advisers were developing proposals based on...
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for January 24, 2017

01/24/17 8:45 AM By Bill Tomson
January 24, 2017 - Activity in the hallways of USDA’s D.C. headquarters is still muted, but Trump administration officials are starting to fill up the political-appointee offices. New faces in the communications department, Rural Development and other agencies are beginning to filter in.
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