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Chellie Pingree

Democrats look to expand farm bill benefits, address food waste

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - As Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, most of the discussion among traditional farm groups has focused on finding more money to help milk producers and cotton growers and to shore up the Agriculture Risk Coverage program. But some Democrats are looking to shift more money into programs that help smaller farms and organic producers.
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for January 17, 2017

Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Sean Spicer, Mike Pence, Tom Vilsack, Michael Scuse, John Carney, Alfred Almanza, Food Safety Inspection Service, National Pork Producers Council, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
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Marshall Matz new

Organic reform

The House of Representatives` Freedom Caucus lists the USDA National Organic Program as one that should be a high priority for reform under President-elect Donald Trump. We agree.
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