Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

This week on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, discusses the latest committee action. We also talk with Brian Glenn, director of governmental affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, about what comes next for the farm bill.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

NASDA President and Maine Agriculture Commissioner Amanda Beal joins Tammi Arender to discuss the escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute. Beal tells us how states like Maine, which border Canada, will be impacted. We also hear from the head of the Corn Refiners Association and the American Soybean Association and what they hope can happen in the next few months to secure more markets for their products.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

This week's Agri-Pulse Newsmakers is on location in Boone, Iowa, at the Farm Progress Show. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announces the Data Modernization Plan and responds to the president's decision to temporarily allow foreign ground beef into the US duty free. We also hear from Laurie Isley of the United Soybean Board on sustainability and opportunities for soybean growers, and ADM’s Paul Scheetz on regenerative agriculture and creating value for farmers.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

U.S.-Canada trade tensions and the importance of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) — What do they mean for American farmers? That and more on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers with NGFA’s Mike Seyfert and RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

This week on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall discusses the worsening farm economy, congressional assistance, the farm bill and agricultural labor reform. Louisiana farmer and businesswoman Meryl Kennedy Farr of Kennedy Rice Mill and 4Sisters Rice shares how high costs, low commodity prices and trade uncertainty are affecting rice producers — and why women will be critical to agriculture’s future.Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD