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The Agricultural Retailers Association’s policy team joined the Scoop Podcast to lay out what’s still in play this fall — a stalled Senate farm bill, a disaster aid package hung up over its price tag, a labor rule sent back to the drawing board, and a rail merger they say will cost ag shippers competition.
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Some Midwest cornfields are losing more than a percentage point of moisture daily, tightening timelines for growers trying to determine how much crop they can confidently sell into the market rally.
Two months after a NCGA study showed U.S. farmers pay double what Brazilian farmers pay for some crop inputs, Iowa’s senior senator is asking President Trump to step in.
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