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Trump provides record aid to farmers
$46 billion in direct payments almost doubles previous record set in 2005
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Ted CoxU.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, USDA, George W. Bush, Farm Bill, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Joe Janzen, Nick Paulson
Trump budget 'devastating to farmers'
Sen. Durbin, IFB President Guebert rip cuts to Farm Bill, USDA
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Rep. Bustos rips 'Trump shutdown' over Farm Bill
Congresswoman says government shutdown puts ‘economic stress’ on farmers
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Cheri Bustos, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Government Shutdown, Farm Bill, Dick Durbin, U.S. Border Wall, U.S. Department of Agriculure, Sonny Perdue, American Farm Bureau, Illinois Farm Bureau, Mark Gebhards, George Will, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Trump's trade-war reparations go on
President drops another $5 billion on farmers who insist they’d rather just have free trade
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Ted CoxTrump Trade War, Donald Trump, Lynn Rohrscheib, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Farm Bill, Doug Schroeder, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Soybean Association, U.S. Steel, Granite City Works, U.S. Steel Granite City Works
Farm Bill gets Trump signature
Farm subsidies expanded, but not work requirements for food stamps
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Ted CoxFarm Bill, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Soybean Growers, Lynn Rohrscheib, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Chuck Grassley, Sonny Perdue, Richard Guebert Jr., Industrial Hemp
Farmers urge Congress to pass belated Farm Bill
Illinois Farm Bureau asks members to petition Congress to avoid a ‘nightmare scenario’
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Corn growers warn of trade-deal delay on USMCA
Pact could take months to complete, while Congress bogs down on Farm Bill
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Ted CoxIllinois Corn Growers Association, NAFTA, USMCA, U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Farm Bill, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Mike Conaway, Debbie Stabenow, Food Stamps, Work Requirement