R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS
July 5, 2017While Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue celebrated the arrival of U.S. beef in China after a 14-year embargo, the building of new livestock barns in Illinois continued at a fevered pace. Other…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS
June 28, 2017It was a particularly “beefy” news week for farmers and rural dwellers, with trade deals announced with China and suspended with Brazil, beef was prominent on ag talk shows and…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS
June 21, 2017In this week’s rural and farm news roundup, we have details of the biggest purchase in John Deere and Company’s 180-year history, and how that deal puts them in position to take…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS
June 14, 2017The nation’s eyes turned briefly on the needs of agriculture — as it relates to trade — when the president stumped for inland waterways infrastructure repairs funding as part…
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS
June 7, 2017We top this week’s news roundup with Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue’s full statement regarding President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the multi-nation Paris climate accord….
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R.F.D. NEWS & VIEWS
May 31, 2017Prices negative as June Dairy Month arrives PEORIA — June Dairy Month 2017 arrives for milk producers at a time when consumers are paying historically low prices for their products…
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