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• House Ag Committee Advances Farm Bill With Few Farm Changes, Major SNAP Dispute
• The Republican Plan to Tighten Food Stamp Work Requirement is Advancing – Without a Single Democrat’s Vote
• Secretary Perdue Statement Regarding Chinese Duties on U.S. Sorghum
• AUDIO CLIP: @RepDavidYoung asked @SecretarySonny about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (#TPP) at today’s @HouseAppropsGOP Ag Subcommittee hearing on the @USDA budget- here is what the Secretary said: https://goo.gl/sq9YPo (MP3- 1:30)
• Stocks End Wednesday Modestly Higher
• Farm Bill Includes First Definition Of Plant Biostimulants
• Texas Livestock: Feedyard Study Analyzes Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mitigration
• Trump Changes Mind on TPP Again
• Planting 2018 vs. Planting 2017
• Hay Shortage Grows, Prices Nearly Double
• Perdue on Chinese Duties on U.S. Sorghum
• The Severe Implications of Soybean Tariffs
• USDA Issues: “Season Average Price Forecasts” Report
• USDA Issues: "Cotton And Wool Outlook" Report

• Perdue: Ag Not Only Soldiers in Trade Battle
• Farmers Find Finances: Farm Financial Picture is Cautiously Optimistic
• Crop Insurers Send House Ag Committee a Letter of Support
• Texas Field Reports: Hay Producers Should Hold Fertilizer Until Temps Rise
• New Japanese Policy to Allow Use of U.S. Ethanol
• The Long-Term Damage of U.S.-China Trade Dispute
• This Historically Cold April Might Mean Lower Yields
• Trump Flips on Trade Pact, Weighs Rejoining TPP
• As Trade Spat Grows, China Hits U.S. Sorghum Imports With Hefty Deposit
• Senators Turning Up RFS Heat: Grassley Points to Ethanol Conflict in Trump Administration
• Farmers’ Rights vs. Eminent Domain
• Sorghum Executive Tim Lust “Deeply Disappoined” Over Chinese Duties to be Accessed Against US Grain Sorghum

• The Rest of the Story: May USDA Report Looms Significant
• Pence: “Very Close” to Renegotiated NAFTA
• NAFTA Negotiations Enter ‘Permanent Round’
• High Time for Corn, HRW Wheat?
• Trade War Backfire: Steel Tariff Shrapnel Hits U.S. Farmers
• Trump Says US Could Rejoin TPP if Deal Improved. How Hard Would it Be?
• USDA Issues “Wheat Outlook Report”
• In New Sign of Trade Battle, China Slaps U.S. Sorghum Producers with 179 Percent Deposit
• Weekly Outlook: Too Early to Worry About Corn Acreage?
• Oklahoma Wildfires: Progress Controlling Large Fires; Risk Remains High
• Hay Needed Urgently by Ranchers in Western Oklahoma Wildfire Area – Coordinate Dropoff with OCA
• Conaway Schedules Markup; GOP Touts SNAP Changes on House Floor
• Farm Bill Loosens Payment Rules Farm Bill
• Changes Expand Legal Entities and Family Eligibility for Commodity Programs
• SNAP Work Requirements Provoke Broad Opposition to House Farm Bill
• 2018 Farm Bill, A Success or ‘Betrayal?’
• Peterson: No Farm Bill Amendments, ‘Can’t Put Lipstick on a Pig’

• Wildfires Turn Deadly in Oklahoma, Burns 300,000 Acres-plus
• Friday’s Ag Markets Fade
• Cotton Outlook: World Stocks To Rise Slightly in 2017/18
• Cleveland on Cotton: World Demand Brings Higher Prices; Drought Watch – DTN
• Resources Available to Aid Producers in Cotton Program Decisions
• Wheat Outlook: U.S. Planted Area Projected to Rise in 2018
• Oklahoma Wheat: Powdery Mildew Continues to Spread
• Texas: Cotton Pests Moving; Early Sugarcane Aphid Sightings
• What You Need to Know About the House Farm Bill
• CRP Likely to Expand by 5 Million Acres in New Farm Bill
• Projected Corn and Soybean Breakeven Prices
• Bill Would Create an Exemption for Farmers Protection their Crops and Livestock
• Strong Comments from Conaway on House Farm Bill Proposal
• Secretary Perdue on release of 2018 Farm Bill
• Senate Ag Leaders Commit to Bipartisan Farm Bill
• Ag Groups React to House Farm Bill Release
• SNAP Provisions Central in House Farm Bill Draft- Markup Wednesday
• 2018 Farm Bill Draft: Maybe Not as Bad as You Expected – DTN
• Washington Week Ahead: Partisan Showdown Looms as GOP Moves Farm Bill

• Oklahoma Wheat Farmer Jimmie Musick Says US Wheat Growers Glad to See Movement on 2018 Farm Bill by House Ag Committee Chair Mike Conaway
• House Debuts Farm Bill Calling for Big Changes to Food Stamps
• Senate Ag Leaders Commit to Bipartisan Farm Bill
• Secretary Perdue on Release of 2018 Farm Bill
• Conaway Unveils Farm Bill
• New Farm Bill Tweaks Commodity Title, Overhauls Conservation
• CRP Likely to Expand by 5 Million Acres in New Farm Bill
• Reviewing the CBO Baseline for 2018 Farm Bill Debate
• Trump Reconsiders TPP Pacific Deal, E15 Among Key Topics President Highlights in Ag and Trade Meeting
• Trump: Move to 15% Ethanol President Champions Year-Round E15 Sales as Perdue Tells Committee EPA Actions Hurt Farmers
• Agriculture Confidence Index
• What Satellites Can’t See: USDA says satellite images can’t be relied upon to predict annual corn, wheat or soybean harvests
• Soybean Market Ends 13¢ Higher Thursday! Booyah!
• USDA: Farm Share of Food Dollar Declines Again
• Wheat Groups Applaud Administration’s Decision To Negotiate For TPP Membership

• Cokie and Steven V. Roberts: Trump’s War on Farmers
• Washington DC 100: Farmers and Ranchers Rely on Trade and Cannot Afford to Lose Out
• Lawmakers Doubt Trump Can Protect Farmers’ Wallets
• USDA: We Will Protect Farmers From China Tariffs
• Negotiations Still Best Tool in U.S.-China Trade Row – Perdue
• Ag Markets Hit by Sell-Off Mentality Wednesday
• Trump Signs Order Pushing Work for Welfare
• Federal Assistance for Farm Trade Impacts
• Farmers In Skin Cancer’s Deadly Bullseye
• Traders Look to Export Sales
• Aid Authority Gives U.S. Negotiating Leverage With China, Perdue Says
• Appreciation in U.S. Cropland Values Varies by Region
• Resources Available to Aid Producers in Cotton Program Decisions
• Interest Rate and Current U.S. Cropland Prices