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Year in review: Farm bill stalemate, elections, disasters and H5N1 dominate ag news

In 2024, rural America played a large role in carrying Donald Trump to the White House for a second time. Across the country, hurricanes damaged ag infrastructure in Florida, the Carolinas and the Southeastern U.S., and H5N1 spread to dairy cattle. 

After months of development, the farm bill passed out of the House Ag Committee with four Democratic votes and guarded optimism, but it never even made it to the House floor, ultimately leading to another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill.


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Trump tells EU to buy U.S. oil and gas or face tariffs

President-elect Donald Trump says he is pressing the European Union to ramp up purchases of U.S. oil and gas or face tariffs on its exports to the United States. As of 2023, the EU can adopt countermeasures, including tariffs or import quotas, if the European Commission determines a government is engaging in economic coercion.


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