Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years. Saturday, December 21, 2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 27, 2024: Mary Kay Thatcher on elections, ESA from WIA Summit

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09-27-2024
Nearly 1,000 women gathered in Denver for the Women in Agribusiness Summit this week. We connected with Mary Kay Thatcher from Syngenta to discuss EPA's Final Herbicide Strategy and an outlook for the November election.


Then, Terryn Lawrence from Rabobank discusses her experience at Climate Week in New York City and Fidela Irigoyen with Wells Fargo Agribusiness discusses water and ag labor challenges for the Western U.S.


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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 20, 2024: Rep. Jason Smith on ag taxes, trade

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09-20-2024
Farm groups are concerned about Trump’s threat to increase tariffs on U.S. trading partners. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., joined Newsmakers to discuss ag tax and trade policy, including what’s at stake in the election.
Then, Kristine Tidgren from Iowa State University’s Center for Ag Law and Taxation and Jim Richards with Cornerstone Government Affairs discuss how farm country will be affected when TCJA provisions expire in 2025.
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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 13, 2024: Sen. John Hoeven on trade, farm bill; farmer panel

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09-13-2024
North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven joins the show to discuss the potential impact on agriculture of Donald Trump’s tariff proposals.


Then, incoming National Sorghum Producers Chairwoman Amy France and American Soybean Association director Ronnie Russell discuss the unique farm bill push from coalitions of row crop farmers on Capitol Hill this week.


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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 6, 2024: Jessica Taylor with the Cook Report, Anne MacMillan of Invariant and the Russell Group’s Andrew Harker

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09-06-2024
A handful of races will determine which party controls each chamber of Congress. We spoke with Senate race analyst Jessica Taylor from the Cook Political Report about the probability of Republicans winning the Senate.
Then, Anne MacMillan of Invariant and the Russell Group’s Andrew Harker discuss Republican and Democratic election priorities and what to expect in Congress this month.
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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Aug. 30, 2024: Agri-Pulse reports from the Farm Progress Show with House Ag Chair “GT” Thompson; Stephen Nicholson of Rabobank; USB Chair Steve Reinhard

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Duration: 26:56
08-30-2024
We spoke with House Ag Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson about potential farm bill movement and the growing ag trade deficit. United Soybean Board Chair Steve Reinhard joined the show to discuss export prospects for the record soybean crop and Rabobank economist Stephen Nicholson previewed the farm economic outlook.


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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Aug. 23, 2024: Agri-Pulse reports from the DNC with Cheri Bustos & Tom Vilsack.

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Duration: 25:56
08-23-2024
Cheri Bustos, a former Illinois congresswoman and ex-chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, discussed rural perspectives on the presidential race and recounted her experience in Congress with vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.
Then, we asked Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack — who attended the DNC in his personal capacity — what a Harris administration will approach some key issues for agriculture.
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