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Episode 15: The Farm Bill's Importance to Rural America
Episode 15: The Farm Bill's Importance to Rural America
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
U.S Senator Heidi Heitkamp interviews Tom Vilsack, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Governor of Iowa, and Ryan Pederson, a North Dakota farmer and Vice President of the North Dakota Soybean Growers Association to discuss the 2018 Farm Bill’s wide-ranging impact on rural America, from crop insurance and safety net programs to rural development and nutrition assistance. Vilsack and Pederson also shared their concerns about the administration’s trade war and the economic uncertainty it is causing farmers and ranchers.
Released:
Aug 16, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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