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Farm Bill
August 2 2018
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The current Farm Bill runs out at the end of September. Will we get a new one? If so, when? Thanks to the efforts of Senate Ag Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Democrat…
This and That July 2018
July 27 2018
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I’m going to focus on some different issues today. Trade is in the spotlight. We can only encourage the U.S. and the countries that we have challenged – Canada, Mexico, EU, and China…
Trump-Putin Summit
July 18 2018
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President Trump has dominated all the press headlines in recent days. He met with NATO leaders and criticized them for not doing their share to pay for European defense. He is right,…
Trump Trumps NATO
July 11 2018
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Before I focus on this week’s subject, I just want to say a few words about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Scott Pruitt led the EPA as President Trump’s “deregulator in…
Back From China
July 7 2018
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Here are some of my observations after two weeks in China, leading a delegation of 30 farm broadcasters and farm leaders. It is not the China that I visited 40 years ago. That was…
Keep Food Programs at the USDA
June 28 2018
Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block. This radio commentary is brought to you by the National Corn Growers Association, CropLife America, and Renewable Fuels Association. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.
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The Trump Administration reportedly plans to move up to $110 billion of USDA food assistance programs to a new “welfare” agency attached…
Trade and China
June 21 2018
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I am headed to China this week with 30 farm broadcasters and farm and ranch leaders. We will talk to Ambassador Terry Branstad and other U.S. representatives in our Embassy and spend…
China
June 14 2018
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Next week, I am going to China. Last November, I was asked by the National Association of Farm Broadcasters to lead a team of farm broadcasters and ag leaders to visit China. At that…
Issues
June 7 2018
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It could be announced any time, but we still don’t know. Will the EPA provide a waiver to allow the sale of E15 ethanol blended fuel during the summer? Right now, the sale of E15 is…
This and That
May 31 2018
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I have some different issues to talk to you about today. President Trump and Conservative Members of Congress have been trying to cut back on wasteful spending. The President wants a…
