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DuPont cuts jobs ahead of Dow merger; Cargill exits crop insurance business
2015-12-30 08:35:01| Food - Topix.net
DuPont will cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware and thousands more globally as it prepares for its merger with Dow Chemical. Dow and DuPont announced earlier this month that they would join to create a giant chemical producer, DowDuPont, that will eventually be split into three independent companies.
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Crop insurance spared $3 billion in cuts
2015-12-07 18:45:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. Proposed $3 billion in cuts to crop insurance spared by Congress finding offsetting cuts in the highway bill. read more
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Crop insurance payments less likely in 2015
2015-11-03 22:44:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
As the 2015 corn and soybean harvest season is wrapping up, some producers have wondered if there will be any 2015 crop insurance payments, given the decline in crop prices. However, most crop producers in the Upper Midwest had above average yields in 2015, and crop prices have not dropped as dramatically, which will make 2015 crop insurance payments less likely. Focus on Ag read more
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Crop insurance escapes major cuts in budget agreement
2015-11-02 17:31:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. In a last-minute agreement between the House Republican leadership and the House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX), the originally proposed $3 billion cut in the federal crop insurance program in the budget agreement was averted. read more
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NFU Cautiously Optimistic Over Removal of Crop Insurance Cuts from Budget Deal
2015-10-28 22:31:00| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (October 28, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today voiced cautious optimism over the budget deal passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this evening. The agreement, led by the House Agriculture Committee, would remove harmful provisions that would have undermined
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