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June 13, 2019 | Newsline
The American Farm Bureau Federation says the recent executive order regarding ag biotech will help farmers meet the challenges of the future. Micheal Clements has more.
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June 13, 2019 | News Releases
IDEAg Group, producers of Minnesota Farmfest, will showcase an industrial hemp demonstration plot at the show this year.
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June 12, 2019 |
Leadership is an absolutely humanistic element sought in all areas of our lives: school, church, work, family, community and government.
June 12, 2019 |
In response to U.S. tariffs on imported solar panels, washing machines, steel and aluminum, as well as additional products from China, e.g., Tariff Revenues Up Sharply, many of our largest trading partners responded by retaliating on U.S. agriculture products including but not limited to tobacco, soybeans, dairy products, feed grains, pork, fruits and tree nuts. These retaliatory actions included the cancellation of supply contracts, higher tariffs and other non-tariff barriers. Many U.S. farmers lost access to foreign markets, resulting in increased inventories of some U.S.-produced commodities in 2018.
June 12, 2019 | News Releases
The EPA’s latest proposal to define which waters can be regulated by the federal government and which by state and local authorities is a vast improvement over previous efforts, Wyoming Farm Bureau President Todd Fornstrom told the Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Waters, and Wildlife today.
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June 12, 2019 |
More than 140 Farm Bureau grassroots leaders from around the country are flying in to Washington, D.C., this week to advocate for agriculture. They will swarm Capitol Hill to push for passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, solutions to our shortage of agricultural labor and high-speed Internet access for more rural areas.
June 12, 2019 |
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2020 homeland security spending bill that would allow farmers and ranchers to use the H-2A program for year-round agricultural jobs.
June 12, 2019 | News Releases
The following statement regarding the Administration’s efforts to facilitate the innovation of agricultural biotechnology can be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall:
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June 11, 2019 | Newsline
The federal disaster aid package provides relief to farmers facing an uphill battle with flooding and wet planting conditions. Micheal Clements has more.
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June 11, 2019 | News Releases
More than 900 food and agriculture companies and associations today asked Senate and House leadership to move quickly to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The American Farm Bureau Federation and more than 200 state and county Farm Bureaus signed the letter.
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