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Farm groups urge lawmakers, Cabinet members to protect crop insurance

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2017 – As members of Congress meet to consider budget proposals and annual spending bills, a group of 59 farm, environmental, credit and young farmers organizations circulated letters today – urging them to “protect crop insurance and recognize its central importance to farmers, lenders and all of rural America.”
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Trump selects physician to head FDA

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2017 - President Trump is nominating Scott Gottlieb, a physician and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, to become commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the White House said.


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Ag committee leaders headline Farm Bill Summit

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2017 – The four leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees will all be featured speakers at the upcoming Agri-Pulse Farm Bill Summit. The event, “Harvesting Farm Bill Perspectives,” will be held March 20 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.


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