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Posts tagged Illinois Farmers
Duckworth, Durbin ask Biden to back biofuels
Other Midwest senators join call to roll back Trump actions on ethanol, climate change
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Ted CoxEthanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Baldwin, Dick Durbin, Amy Klobuchar, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Tina Smith, Debbie Stabenow, Renewable Fuel Standard, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers, Trump Trade War, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cheri Bustos
Daily Debunk: Most farmers gain in Fair Tax
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability debunks resistance from Illinois Farm Bureau
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farms, Allison Flanagan, Illinois Corporate Tax
Another spring of record rains soaks farmland
‘The ponds will need to be replanted,’ says Kendall-Grundy Farm Bureau President Scott Halpin
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Climate Change, Midwest Regional Climate Center, Kendall-Grundy Farm Bureau, Scott Halpin, Steve Pitstick, John Bartman, Illinois State Climatologist, Bryce Williams, Illinois Farm Flooding
HEROES Act awaits action
Congressional Dems back $3T COVID-19 relief package as Senate Republicans resist
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Ted CoxHeroes Act, CARES Act, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Chicago Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Sean Casten, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Cheri Bustos, Mike Quigley, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, Illinois Farmers
Bustos calls for boost to biofuels
As oil prices crash, U.S. rep. says biofuels ‘must not be left in the rearview mirror’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Cheri Bustos, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Ethanol, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, EPA, Trump Trade War, Oil Prices
It never rains but it pours
Coronavirus threatens to complicate response to potential spring flooding
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Saturated soil leaves 'tight planting windows' for farmers
Flooding threat persists despite warm winter
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Farm Bureau prez renews call for trade, not aid
Trump trade war reduces Ill. soybean exports to a third of level three years ago
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Richard Guebert Jr., Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Soybeans, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailouts, Trump Farm Handouts, Farm Market Facilitation Program
Higher temps, more rain, less crops
Second-highest year for temperatures, second-worst year for rain yields downturn in final 2019 crop report
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, NASA, USDA, USDA Crop Production, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Deke Arndt, Midwest Regional Climate Center, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Illinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Farmers, Trent Ford, Kate Marvel, Donald Trump, Antonio Guterres
Back-to-back records for Midwest precipitation
Meanwhile President Trump continues his efforts to roll back regulations on climate change
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Farm bankruptcies on the rise
Illinois farmers hold their own as U.S. farm debt projected to hit record $416 billion
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Corn comeback halted by rain, snow
More than half the corn crop is in and 93 percent is mature as wintry weather hits
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Farmers cheer Trump biofuel concessions
Corn, soybean farmers greet proposal as Rep. Davis presses for details
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Donald Trump, EPA, USDA, Rodney Davis, Richard Guebert Jr., Doug Schroeder, Ted Mottaz
A little slice of hog heaven
Record pig report, corn-soybean rally temper pessimism on fall harvest
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Soybeans, pork socked by new Chinese tariffs
But quality of soybeans improves in latest USDA report
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Pork, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Pork Producers Association, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Farm Bailout, Farm Market Facilitation Program
Duckworth bolsters Hennepin ethanol plant
Like irate farmers, senator takes issue with waivers granted to large refineries as ‘a free pass to friends’ of President Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Marquis Energy, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Ethanol, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
Perdue tries to calm farmers on trade
Ag secretary pushes Mexico-Canada deal, reasserts support for ethanol
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Rodney Davis, Mike Bost, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Melvin Price, Illinois Farm Bureau, USMCA, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Nancy Pelosi
Corn, soybeans down from last year's record harvest
Quality of crops improves slightly in latest USDA report
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Bustos presents Rural Green Partnership
Congresswoman recruits farm communities to take on climate change
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Climate Change, Global Warming, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Rural Broadband, Richard Guebert Jr., Rodney Weinzierl, Callie Eideberg, Environmental Defense Fund, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center
