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Posts tagged Sonny Perdue
Governor 'monitoring' food chain
Smithfield closes Monmouth, St. Charles meat plants over COVID-19 concerns
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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
Perdue to farmers: No more trade bailouts
USDA secretary expects China trade resumption, despite delays caused by coronavirus outbreak
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Ted CoxFarm Market Facilitation Program, Sonny Perdue, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, USDA, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, USMCA, Illinois Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert Jr., Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol
Durbin renews charge against cotton bailouts
Illinois soybean farmers slighted in Trump’s trade-war handouts, says senator
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Donald Trump, Farm Bailout, Illinois Soybean Association, Illinois Soybean Growers, USDA, Sonny Perdue, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Trump Trade War, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Barack Obama
Trump trade bailouts still benefit richest farms
Environmental watchdog says handouts ‘stack the deck against small farmers in favor of the big guys’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailout, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Soybean Growers, Environmental Working Group, USDA, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Anne Weir Schechinger, Sonny Perdue, Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley
Durbin doesn't cotton to farm bailouts
Senator charges Trump administration is ‘picking winners and losers,’ with biggest handouts going to Southern cotton farmers
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Betrayed farmers lobby EPA for ethanol
IFB VP decries ‘classic bait and switch,’ says, ‘The rules have changed and now rural America is losing’
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Ted CoxIllinois Farm Bureau, EPA, Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Ethanol, Donald Trump, Renewable Fuel Standard, Brian Duncan, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Tammy Duckworth, Rodney Davis, Adam Nielsen
Lobbying farmers searching for a 'win'
Leaders to Washington group gets little good news in D.C. on trade, ethanol waivers
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Leaders to Washington, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Tammy Duckworth, Nancy Pelosi, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn, Dan Basse, Julie Newhouse, Sonny Perdue, Robert Benson, Matthew Herberling
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
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
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
Trump threatens food stamps for thousands of Illinoisans
Prez seeks to close ‘loophole’ that streamlined, expanded enrollment
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits, IDHS, Illinois Department of Human Services, USDA, Sonny Perdue, Meghan Powers, Nolan Downey, Rob Undersander
Pritzker asks feds to declare farm disaster
USDA agency seeks to declare all 102 Illinois counties an agriculture disaster
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Sonny Perdue, USDA, Illinois Farmers, Illinois State Water Survey, Brian Kerschner, Illinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Bill Northey, John Sullivan, Illinois Department of Agriculture
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
Soybean farmers to Trump: We need trade, not aid
Illinois Soybean Growers reject U.S. aid package, $3.6B handout
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