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From Agri-Pulse:
Trump: ‘We are really working hard for the farmer’
President Donald Trump spoke with Agri-Pulse before his speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 99th annual convention in Nashville Monday, and we asked him questions that many farmers and ranchers have on their minds.
Trump sought to offer assurances on trade, the farm bill, crop insurance, and more in our interview.
Asked about the “take home” message he wanted farmers to have as a result of his speech, he said, “Keep your optimism up. We are really working hard for the farmer.”
Trump said, “farm prices have really been moving down rapidly over the last four years” and “we’d like to see prices go up so that you can do a bit better.”
To watch the full video, click here.
Jim Sutter, CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council, was interviewed on the Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview
This week’s guest on Open Mic is Jim Sutter, CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council. The nation's soybean industry faces a number of challenges in maintaining global market share. Production is keeping pace with consumption placing greater demands on the domestic industry to satisfy quality standards, sustainability requirements and price. In this interview Sutter outlines the U.S. agreement with China over FM standards, defines the advantages of industry’s soybean sustainability assurance protocol and highlights the search for new global opportunities for the industry. Click here to listen.
From USDA’s Weekly Broiler Report:
Texas hatcheries set 15.7 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 6, up 4 percent from the week prior, but down 2 percent from the previous year.
The number of chicks placed for meat production during the week of January 6, was 13.4 million, up 6 percent from the previous week and up 1 percent from the previous year.
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