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Articles by Philip Brasher

Rural turnout could be key in 2016 elections

If Donald Trump s path to victory in November goes through rural America, he ll likely to have to do better with white working class voters than Mitt Romney did. While that is clearly a key demographic for Trump, it s not yet clear he can get them to the polls in numbers to
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for August 2, 2016

McDonalds, ionophores, antibiotic free, Mike Andres, Steve Roach, Food Animal Concerns Trust, National Chicken Council, Obama administration, Brazilian beef, Food Safety Inspection Service, mad cow disease, BSE, National Cattlemans Beef Association
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, general election, Trans-Pacific Partnership, immigration reform, path to citizenship, Howard Dean, Betty Ritchie, Tom Vilsack, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sean McGarvey, Solar Power, Belt, Bayer Crop Science
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, general election, Trans-Pacific Partnership, immigration reform, path to citizenship, Howard Dean, Betty Ritchie, Tom Vilsack, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sean McGarvey, Solar Power, Belt, Bayer Crop Science
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Agri-Pulse Daybreak for July 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton, President Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Tom Vilsack, Urban League of Philadelphia, Bil Clinton, Dan Glickman, Bruce Rowher, Pam Johnson, Chip Bowling, Zippy Duvall, Steny Hoyer, GMO Bill, National Milk Producers Federation
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Rural advocates make the case for Hillary

Hillary Clinton officially claimed the Democratic party s nomination Tuesday night during the roll call of state delegations. Ann Tornberg, a farmer from Beresford, S.D., who chairs the South Dakota Democratic Party, announced the state s historic vote count 
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