
Chris Clayton
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DTN ag policy editor: graying, grumpy, coffee addict. Also on @chrisclaytondtn.bsky.social
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Talk about an economic aid package for farmers is accelerating quickly by key members of Congress and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins. Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reports: dtn.link/38bi4p








USDA's trade undersecy and Rep. Adrian Smith are holding a closed-door meeting with Nebraska farmers on Wednesday, but they want press to wait outside so they can pontificate afterwards. We need to stop covering these things unless we also hear what farmers are saying.


The team of federal economists and researchers responsible for producing the government survey that measures hunger in America were put on indefinite paid leave Monday, according to the union that represents the workers wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal




Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins tells Outlook Forum in KC that the remaining $2 billion in ECAP funds will be "will be delivered within a week" to farmers."

