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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
Corn, soybeans down from last year's record harvest
Quality of crops improves slightly in latest USDA report
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Crop estimates deliver 'gut punch'
USDA corn, soybean estimates down, but higher than expected for corn, dropping prices
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Feds declare statewide agricultural disaster
All 102 counties designated; Pritzker welcomes federal emergency resources
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, USDA, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farm Disaster, John Sullivan, USDA Crop Progress, Illinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Jeff Guillander, Illinois Agriculture
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
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
Corn, soybean quality up, winter wheat yield off
Wheat was down in bushels per acre, but up overall due to increased planting
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Corn, soybean quality lags behind national average
Illinois farmers continue to try to catch up after a rainy spring
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Tassle hassle: Corn, soybeans off pace
Silking-flowering stages run well behind usual schedule after oversaturated spring planting season
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Bryce Anderson, Todd Hubbs, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, Illinois Emergency Management Agency
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
Corn is king — of comebacks
Crop exceeds projections, but soybeans still striving to catch up
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Farm flooding ripples across economy
Seeds, silos, semi drivers also see losses as farmers throw up hands
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Ted CoxIllinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Soybean Growers, Donald Trump, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Illinois Farm Bureau, Lynn Rohrscheib, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, J.B. Pritzker, FEMA
Flooded farm fields in 'unprecedented territory'
Ag expert calls it ‘near catastrophic’ as heavy, persistent rains delay planting
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Trump budget 'devastating to farmers'
Sen. Durbin, IFB President Guebert rip cuts to Farm Bill, USDA
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Ill. retains top spot in U.S. soybean production
USDA reports 43,000 state soybean farmers raised 700 million tons in 2018 crop
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Ag director commits to rural broadband
Sullivan follows through on Pritzker pledge, sees opportunity in capital bill
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'End shutdown, furlough Trump': New video!
Members of Congress lead rally with government workers idled or going without pay during shutdown
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis, Sean Casten, Robin Kelly, Bill Foster, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Don Villar, Chicago Federation of Labor, Michael Mikulka, EPA, USDA, Florence Cannon, Pete Rosa, Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, Lauren Underwood
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
