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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 ad touts jobs at steel mill hit by layoffs
Trump visited U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works in 2018 — now threatened with 737 furloughs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, U.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, Dick Durbin, General Accountability Office, Tony Fuhrmann, Dan Simmons, United Steelworkers, Douglas Matthews
GAO backs Durbin on Trump tariff bailouts
Government watchdog finds largest payments went to farmers across the South, not Midwest soybean growers
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Ted CoxFarm Market Facilitation Program, General Accountability Office, Donald Trump, Dick Durbin, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, Illinois Soybean Growers, Debbie Stabenow, Anne Schechinger, Environmental Working Group
Climate change in the heartland
Rep. Bustos urges rural broadband, improved river transportation, insists farmers play key role
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Ted CoxCheri Bustos, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Climate Change, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Rural Green Partnership, Mississippi River Locks and Dams, Mississippi River Infrastructure, Rural Broadband, Telehealth, Donald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Amtrak, Amtrak Chicago-Moline, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities
Trump trade wars cost jobs, hike prices
Federal Reserve issues study on president’s ‘unprecedented tariff increases’
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Pork, chicken at record levels for cold storage
Chinese agricultural trade concessions may not meet Trump’s expectations
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Trump Trade War, USDA Cold Storage Reports, Illinois Hog Farmers, Chicken Farmers, U.S. Agriculture Exports, Don Close, Rabo AgriFinance, Chad Hart
IFB prez calls for free trade
But speech at annual Illinois Farm Bureau meeting also attacks ‘green initiative,’ Pritzker fair tax
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Ted CoxRichard Guebert Jr., Illinois Farm Bureau, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, US-China Business Council, EPA, Ethanol Waivers, Illinois Biofuels, Waters of the United States
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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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
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
Farmers to Trump: 'Enough is enough'
Illinois Farm Bureau joins Tariffs Hurt the Heartland campaign in urging end to trade war
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Ted CoxIllinois Farm Bureau, American Farm Bureau, American Farm Bureau Federation, Zippy Duvall, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Corn Growers, USDA, Brian Grete
Trump escalates trade war, China halts U.S. ag buys
Stocks plummet as China also devalues currency
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Trump tariff bailout goes to biggest farms
Top 1 percent got average of $183,000, while bottom 80 percent averaged $5,000
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Trump Trade War, USDA, Environmental Working Group, Farm Market Facilitation Program, New Food Economy, U.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert Jr., World Trade Organization
Corn, soybeans stage a comeback
Ill. farmers plant more than a quarter of crop in a week, but still face record for prevented-plant claims
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Trump drops tariffs on earlier concessions
President abruptly abandons trade barriers citing pledges Mexico already made
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Farm Bureau knocks Trump tariffs
‘Farmers continue to bear the brunt of the trade wars,’ says IFB President Richard Guebert Jr.
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Break in China trade talks yields soybean buy
Illinois Farm Bureau calls for efforts to recapture lost trade
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Soybeans, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, U.S.-China Trade, Chicago Board of Trade, Terry Linn, E-15, Climate Change, Donald Trump
Trump ratchets up his trade war
The Trump administration and China will expand their trade war with new tariffs to be imposed next week
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Elgin firms seek Durbin trade aid
Trump tweets new threats of additional tariffs on China
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