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Daybreak Feb 1: Dems, GOP in showdown on COVID aid

02/01/21 9:04 AM By Phil Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Steve Davies

Democrats are threatening to go it alone on the next COVID aid package if Republicans won’t make a deal on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan.

Daybreak Oct 1: USDA killing wage survey, raising questions about H-2A rates

10/01/20 9:58 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Ben Nuelle

USDA has announced plans to kill its survey of farmworker wages, a move the United Farm Workers claims is aimed at cutting wages for H-2A workers. In a notice posted Wednesday, USDA says the fall survey conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service is no longer needed because of data that is available from other sources.

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September 24, 2023

Ted McKinney, NASDA CEO

This week’s Open Mic guest is Ted McKinney, Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Fresh off of the group’s annual meeting earlier this month in Wyoming, state ag leaders, along with the rest of the ag community are keeping an eye on Washington for signs of a path forward for a Fiscal Year 2024 budget and signs of life for a new farm bill. McKinney discusses both sides of a continuing resolution to keep the government running, frustrations with the Biden EPA over its development of a new definition of WOTUS, California’s Proposition 12, and the Biden Administration’s efforts on global trade.

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09.29.2023

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 29, 2023: Rep. Eric Sorensen and USDA Trade Undersecretary Alexis Taylor on government shutdown, Chile trade mission

As Congress rushes to fund the government, Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., discusses the potential impact a government shutdown could have on America’s farmers, ranchers, and consumers. Plus, he dives deeper into climate policy and what the dialog could look like in the upcoming farm bill.

Then, USDA Trade Undersecretary Alexis Taylor joins from Santiago, Chile, to discuss the most recent trade mission and potential new U.S. trading relationships.

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