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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for March 23, 2017

03/23/17 8:15 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS ActionAid USA agriculture Alexander Acosta beef Bob Goodlatte Brazil Collin Peterson cover crop research initiative dairy industry David Scott Doug Hertzler Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research H2A H2B Jim Mulhern Kenny Graner kika de la garza margin protection program Mike Conaway milk producers National Milk Producers Federation OSHA Pat Roberts perdue sally rockey Saxby Chambliss United States Cattlemen's Association worker Zippy Duvall
WASHINGTON, Mar. 23, 2017 - Sonny Perdue, President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, gets his long-awaited confirmation hearing today. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., says he expects much of the questioning to focus on the tough farm economy as well as concerns in the farm sector about the president’s trade policy.
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