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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue (l) and U.S. Representative Rodney Davis of Illinois take farmers’ questions at a farm in Champaign, Illinois October 24, 2018.
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Penny for your corn?

Stingy trade war aid irks U.S. farmers

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Iowa corn farmer Bob Hemesath jokes that the government cheque he expects as compensation for his trade war losses will soon allow him to splurge on upscale coffee in town instead of his usual burnt gas station brew. Rob Sharkey, an Illinois farmer, hopes his corn trade aid cheque will be big enough for that
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Farmers Turn To The Web To Burnish Image

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October is a busy month for Kansas farmer Darin Grimm. With 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans to harvest, the third-generation family farmer is running a combine nearly dawn to dusk. But he still makes time to tweet. Whether it s touting the benefits of a new fertilizer, sharing photos of a newborn calf, debating
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Forget Fuel Costs, U.S. Farmers Cheer Oil Surge

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Not too long ago, a surge in oil prices would have caused a groan of misery from the U.S. farm belt, forced to pay higher prices for tractor fuel and fertilizer. Today, farmers are far more likely to cheer. The farm sector’s response to a surge in fuel costs has inverted for two important reasons:
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China Expected To Import More Corn

Following its first large purchase of U.S. corn in more than four years in 2010, China may need to import as much as nine million tonnes of corn this year, an official with the U.S. Grains Council said on Feb. 3. “Estimates given to us were that China is short 10 million to 15 million
Livestock, News

U. S. Ethanol Makers Seek Renewal Of Tax Breaks

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Attacked as subsidy addicts, U. S. ethanol makers may need help from friends in high places, including the White House, to hold on to lucrative tax breaks set to expire at the end of the year. The industry says it is ready to discuss revisions in the incentives, worth $6 billion a year. An amalgam
Crops, Forages

U. S. Top Court To Decide Monsanto Alfalfa Case

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The U. S. Supreme Court said Jan. 15 it would hear an appeal by Monsanto Co. of a ruling that barred the company from selling its genetically modified alfalfa seed, until an environmental review is done. The justices agreed to review a ruling by a U. S. Appeals Court in California that upheld a federal
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Farmers fear no stimulus cash for Mississippi River

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The creaky system of locks and dams on the Mississippi River that moves US$300 billion of goods through the inland U. S. each year may not be eligible for much funding from the U. S. stimulus plan, the head of the National Corn Growers Association said Jan. 27. Corn growers and other farm groups had
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U. S. farm sector cautiously welcomes Obama win

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America’s farm sector has cautiously welcomed Democrat Barack Obama’s historic White House win as good news for a raft of industry priorities like crop subsidies, ethanol expansion and agricultural trade. “He knows agriculture and he has been a real supporter of agriculture,” said Rick Tolman, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, a powerful lobbying
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Deep into the rabbit hole

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When moderator Jim Lehrer asked presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama Sept. 29 what budget “priorities” each would “adjust” because of the pending $700 billion financial bailout, Obama, answering first, focused on federal programs he’d fix rather than fat he’d cut – energy, education, health care, rural broadband. Lehrer then turned to McCain. The

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