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Wisconsin Towns Association director Mike Koles had a clear message as he sat before a panel of House lawmakers last week: America’s rural roads, bridges and culverts are deteriorating.

Democrats on a key Senate committee raise concerns about a proposal backed by major farm groups to permanently bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock industry.

Farmers across the Midwest, where soils are already saturated, could face more widespread flooding this spring as rivers swell and winter storms continue, forecasters say.

Farm group leaders and lawmakers railed against President Donald Trump’s trade policy and tariffs in a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing today, bemoaning the effects on the ag sector as China, Mexico, Canada, the European Union, Turkey and others retaliate.