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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 20, 2023: USDA Undersecretary Xochitl Torres Small, Emily Buckman, Kate Fox Wood and Jim Matheson on rural broadband, community development

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Duration: 25:58
01-20-2023
The federal government has invested billions into connecting rural America with improved internet service, and USDA funds have been a big part of the effort. USDA Rural Development Undersecretary Xochitl Torres Small joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss how that funding has been distributed and how the department plans to invest future resources. 

Then, Emily Buckman with the American Farm Bureau Federation, Kate Fox Wood of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson offer their thoughts on how broadband deployment efforts have worked for their members and areas where federal and state dollars could be targeted. 


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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 13, 2023: Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow, Rob Larew and Tara Smith on farm bill, debt ceiling

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Duration: 26:00
01-13-2023
The House and Senate Ag Committees are ramping up preparations for the upcoming farm bill, and Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow has a list of priorities heading into the legislative debate. She joins Newsmakers this week to offer her thoughts on how the process will shake out and how she hopes to bring the nation’s ag groups to the table for any spending fights leading up to the bill.

Then, farm policy lobbyists Rob Larew with the National Farmers Union and Tara Smith with the Torrey Advisory Group assess the politics of trying to pass a farm bill across Capitol Hill with narrow majorities and split control in both the House and Senate.


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Newsmakers: Jan. 6, 2023: House Ag leader Glenn Thompson, Ethan Lane, Anne MacMillan and Randy Russell on House floor drama and its farm bill impact

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Duration: 25:57
01-06-2023

The first week of the 118th Congress has been marked by the requirement of multiple votes to elect a House Speaker for the first time in 100 years. As House Republicans sort out their future leadership team, the next chair of the House Ag Committee – Pennsylvania Republican Glenn “GT” Thompson – joins Newsmakers to discuss how he plans to put a farm bill together in the current political climate. 

Then, farm policy lobbyists Ethan Lane with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Anne MacMillan with Invariant, and Randy Russell with The Russell Group discuss how the House formation delays and the retirement of Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., might impact the farm bill.

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Newsmakers: Dec. 23, 2022: Nebraska Republican Adrian Smith on House Ways and Means 2023 agenda.mp3

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Duration: 28:20
12-23-2022
Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., will be one of the top Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee in the new Congress, offering rural influence in a powerful position on Capitol Hill. In this interview, he discusses the committee’s priorities in the upcoming Congress and what that might mean for farm policy.

Then, Agri-Pulse’s Sara Wyant discusses how our annual CEO salary report got started, why we do it and how the information is used in the media and the boardroom.


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Newsmakers: Dec. 16, 2022: Sen. Michael Bennet, Claudia Larson, Michael Marsh and Mary Nowak on new ag labor legislation

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Duration: 29:29
12-16-2022

Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet introduced new farm workforce legislation this week, giving him and the bill’s other supporters one week to build the support the bill will need in the current session of Congress. Bennet, a member of the Senate Ag Committee, also discusses his priorities for the upcoming farm bill and the state of drought in the American west.

Then, a panel of experts including Claudia Larson with the National Milk Producers Federation, Michael Marsh with the National Council of Agricultural Employers and Mary Nowak with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives discuss Bennet’s new legislation and the reception it is getting on Capitol Hill and among the nation’s farm groups.

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