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This week on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, host Tammi Arender talks with U.S. Representatives Julia Letlow and Nikki Budzinski about the challenges facing agriculture, especially now as the current extension of the farm bill has expired.We also examine how much the cost of farming has risen from 2018—the year the last farm bill was passed—to 2026. That comparison highlights the financial pressures facing producers.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Sen. John Hoeven says he thinks the farm bill will be passed in this lame duck session of Congress, Dan Basse of AgResource weighs in on the president’s meeting with Xi Jinping, and Krysta Harden of USDEC talks about the dairy industry.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

This week on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, discusses the latest committee action. We also talk with Brian Glenn, director of governmental affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, about what comes next for the farm bill.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

NASDA President and Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal joins Tammi Arender to discuss the escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute. Beal tells us how states like Maine, which border Canada, will be impacted. We also hear from the head of the Corn Refiners Association and the American Soybean Association and what they hope can happen in the next few months to secure more markets for their products.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

This week's Agri-Pulse Newsmakers is on location in Boone, Iowa, at the Farm Progress Show. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces the Data Modernization Plan and responds to the president's decision to temporarily allow foreign ground beef into the US duty free. We also hear from Laurie Isley of the United Soybean Board on sustainability and opportunities for soybean growers, and ADM’s Paul Scheetz on regenerative agriculture and creating value for farmers.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

U.S.-Canada trade tensions and the importance of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) — What do they mean for American farmers?  That and more on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers with NGFA’s Mike Seyfert and RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

This week on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall discusses the worsening farm economy, congressional assistance, the farm bill and agricultural labor reform. Louisiana farmer and businesswoman Meryl Kennedy Farr of Kennedy Rice Mill and 4Sisters Rice shares how high costs, low commodity prices and trade uncertainty are affecting rice producers — and why women will be critical to agriculture’s future.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

This week, join host Tammi Arender for Agri-Pulse Newsmakers on location at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days. We sit down one-on-one with House Agriculture Committee Chairman GT Thompson to discuss the issues shaping U.S. agriculture. Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Dean Dr. Troy Ott also join us to talk about innovation, technology and what’s ahead for farmers and the future of agriculture.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers sits down with USDA Undersecretary Richard Fordyce to discuss some new flexibilities in crop insurance for producers, the "One Farmer-One File" initiative, and what producers can expect in the months ahead.We also cover Commodity Credit Corporation spending in this week’s Ag by the Numbers.Also, get to know our new Newsmakers host Tammi Arender. She shares her connection to agriculture and why she’s committed to telling the stories of farmers and ranchers.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman still wants to mark up a farm bill before the August recess. Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith joins Newsmakers to share her thoughts on the bill. Then, Julie Anna Potts with the Meat Institute explains the importance of vigilance as southern ports begin to reopen for livestock trade as well as Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling and challenges of a low cattle herd.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman says he plans to have a markup this summer on his version of the farm bill. New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján joins Newsmakers to discuss his thoughts on the bill and changes he'd like to see in the markup.Plus, Alan Wolff with the Peterson Institute for International Economics explains what Congress was trying to solve with the Trade Act of 1974 and what may happen after the Section 122 tariffs expire.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act was recently unveiled in the House. Longtime ag labor reform champion Rep. Dan Newhouse outlines how a closed border could generate broad Congressional support for the bill. Plus, National Sorghum Producers Chairwoman Amy France and American Soybean Association President Scott Metzger discusses the top issues for their commodities during recent meetings in Washington.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Several states are moving forward with Extended Producer Responsibility laws that shift the cost of recycling packaging from local governments to producers of consumer products. International Fresh Produce Association CEO Cathy Burns explains the consequences of the policy. Plus, Troy Bredenkamp with the Renewable Fuels Association and Krista Swanson with the National Corn Growers Association outline how their sectors are being impacted by Brazil's ag production.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson introduced the Save Agriculture’s Workforce Act this week. He comes to the studio to discuss how it would significantly expand and modernize the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. Plus, USDA APHIS Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins provides an update on New World screwworm response and the factors being considered to reopen the Southern border to cattle imports.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman joins Newsmakers to discuss the farm bill discussion draft released by the Senate Agriculture Committee.Plus, Tara Smith with Torrey Advisory Group and Anne MacMillan with Invariant discuss the broader farm bill politics at play during the midterm election year and the White House's supplemental spending request to address the cost of the war in Iran, which includes $11.1 billion in additional farm aid and support for year-round sales of E15.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up!