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President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

Daybreak Aug. 28: Midwest shaping up as key for Trump

08/28/20 9:11 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

The conventions are now over, and one thing seems pretty clear: Two or three battleground Midwest states could decide the presidential election.

Roundup settlement stalls as situation becomes 'complicated'

08/27/20 4:42 PM By Steve Davies

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The multibillion-dollar settlement Bayer announced in June to resolve thousands of Roundup cancer cases is stalled, lawyers said Thursday during a status conference before a federal judge.

Daybreak Aug. 27: Pence defends China trade war

08/27/20 9:22 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Vice President Mike Pence used his acceptance speech from Fort McHenry Wednesday night to defend President Trump’s trade war with China, an issue Democrats are trying to use against the president in farm country.

USDA, EPA challenges seek to quantify benefits of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers

08/26/20 3:37 PM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency and USDA have launched a competition that seeks to determine how effective and efficient certain fertilizers are at delivering nutrients to corn with reduced environmental impact.

Daybreak Aug. 26: GOP makes case for Trump trade policies

08/26/20 9:02 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Republicans used Day Two of their convention to make a full-throated defense of President Trump’s trade policies with testimonials of a dairy farmer and others.

Soil health, water retention among cover crop benefits, hort producers say

08/26/20 7:25 AM By Steve Davies

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Chris Sayer, a lemon and avocado grower (along with some figs) in Ventura County, California, has been using cover crops in his 50 acres of trees since 2005, with some clear benefits.

Daybreak Aug. 25: U.S., China talk 'phase one'

08/25/20 9:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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U.S. Trade Representative Bob Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talked by phone Monday evening with China’s Vice Premier Liu He about progress on the “phase one” trade agreement.

Daybreak Aug. 24: Big farms face new rules; Trump pitches Food Boxes

08/24/20 9:09 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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USDA is moving to make it tougher for members of some large family farm operations to get federal subsidies. USDA is publishing a rule in the Federal Register today that will require people trying to qualify for payments as active managers of a farm to provide either 25% of its management or 500 hours of time. The requirement already applied to members of partnerships.

Judge upholds Michigan order requiring farmworker testing

08/21/20 5:20 PM By Steve Davies

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In a defeat for some Michigan farms, a federal judge upholds an emergency state order requiring testing of farmworkers for COVID-19.

Cover crop survey finds benefits from 'planting green'

08/19/20 1:44 PM By Steve Davies

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More than half of farmers who seeded their cash crop into a growing cover crop last year — a practice known as “planting green” — said it helped them plant earlier than they could in fields that didn't have cover crops, according to an annual survey.

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06.26.2026

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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