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Weather forecasting bill expected to help farmers

Looming among the last-minute business for the adjourning 114th Congress is a bevy of investments and directives in atmospheric and climate science and communications aimed to keep Americans safer, help farmers and ranchers succeed, broaden participation in weather forecasting, and
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Trump picks Iowa governor as ambassador to China

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who describes himself as a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, is President-elect Donald Trump's selection to be ambassador to China, a critical market for U.S. agricultural exports that Trump has threatened with trade actions&
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Expert says organics, biotechnology no panacea for Cuba

Neither organic agriculture nor advanced biotechnology will solve Cubas food production deficit, a noted expert on the countrys food needs told Washington audiences Tuesday. Former World Food Prize winner Pedro Sanchez, research professor of tropical soils at the University
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for Dec. 7, 2016

Terry Branstad, China ambassador, Donald Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, Chairman Pat Roberts, Mike Conaway, Farm Service Agency, House Agriculture Committee, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, catfish inspection, FDA
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for Dec. 6, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump, Terry Brandstead, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Eric Branstad, FSA farm loans, Continuing Resolution, National Farmers Union, National Grange, National Rural Lenders Association, Independent Community Bankers of America
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