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We still have some snow on the ground at our farm in Illinois, but it is a good time to
plan next year’s crops. Which fields will be for corn and which for soybeans? What…

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I think we are all aware that many countries in Africa have a long way to go to modernize their ag industry.  Their food systems need to be transformed…

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Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week were something for the record books.  On Monday, the first state Iowa held their primary to begin the selection…

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The subject that I want to focus on today is milk.  We keep reading about how many dairy farms have sold their cows and closed their barns.  We…

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Today, I am calling this program in on the phone.  Farmers and the whole agriculture industry fought through 2019, a very brutal year.  Exports,…

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The ag industry is excited as a number of trade deals are coming together. We will have a phase one deal with China signed this week. Our annual exports to China that have…

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As we closed out a very volatile 2019 with some significant victories on trade, on cutting regulations, and on approving conservative new judges for our court system – I did not…

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It’s a New Year. 2020 got here so fast. I want to look back at 2019. For the American ag industry, I think the weather made our production challenges more difficult than I can…

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Merry Christmas to everyone. I realize that Christmas is not a holiday to celebrate for
some people in our country and many more around the world. We should keep in mind…

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Just when I had concluded that we couldn’t get anything done here in Washington, everything happened at once.

We have a trade deal with China. …

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