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Tuberville addresses St. Clair Farmer’s Federation

Saturday, U.S. Senate candidate former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville addressed the St. Clair County Farmer’s Federation at their annual meeting at Greensport Marina and campground on picturesque Neely Henry Lake. Tuberville compared running for Senate to college football recruiting. “This is recruiting on steroids,” Tuberville said. “Folks we are in trouble,” Tuberville said. … Continued
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August 12, 2019

Roby announces a new round of payments to farmers impacted by the trade war

Monday, Congresswoman Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, announced that farmers who have been adversely impacted by foreign retaliatory tariffs are now eligible for a second round of USDA mitigation payments. “On Monday, the Trump administration opened the second round of applications for the Market Facilitation Program,” Roby said. “MFP is designed to aid farmers and ranchers whose … Continued
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August 8, 2019

Jones calls economy “fragile”

Monday U.S. Senator Doug Jones told a townhall audience in Hamilton that he is concerned about the economy. Jones acknowledged that the economy was doing strong, but warned that it ‘fragile.” Jones said that it is not a good sign that the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. “That have detected some weakness in the economy,” … Continued
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August 7, 2019

Canfield says Trump tariffs slowed timeline on big manufacturing investments in the state

Tuesday, Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield (R) told Bloomberg’s John Lippert that the state of Alabama is seeing delays in big manufacturing investments in due to President Donald Trump’s (R) trade policies and is urging a more conciliatory approach. “We’ve seen a couple of projects that we’ve been actively working where their timeline has slipped,” … Continued
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July 5, 2018

State Rep. Jim Carns concerned about Monsanto-Bayer merger

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Rep. Jim Carns, R-Vestavia Hills, is asking the Anti-Trust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to take a serious look at a proposed merger between agrochemical giants Bayer AG and the Monsanto Company. According to Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant, the merger would create a global integrated agricultural … Continued
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January 3, 2018

New poll shows that voters oppose Monsanto/Bayer Ag merger

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, December 18, Farmers and Families First, Inc. today released a comprehensive nationwide survey of voters who supported President Donald Trump in 2016, finding substantial opposition to the mega-merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto. According to the poll, 54 percent of voters oppose the pending $66 billion merger over … Continued
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December 20, 2017

Farmers and Families First launches public education campaign

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday Farmers and Families First, Inc. launched its initiative on behalf of the American farmer and consumer to advocate for free market-based policies in the agriculture industry. The organization announced that it hopes to “Play a lead role in advocating for policies that promote innovation, lower costs through competition, … Continued
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December 15, 2017

Fears arise that proposed merger of Bayer, Monsanto will result in higher cost of agricultural inputs

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Humans don’t really need cell phones, movies, TV, automobiles, insurance, even banking, and electricity.  These products make our lives better; but there is one industry that every person is a consumer of and is essential to human life — agriculture.  We all eat food.  Only 3.2 million Americans actually … Continued
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December 11, 2017
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How Alabama Can Benefit from the U.S./Cuba Relationship 


By Mayor Sandy Stimpson, Senator Vivian Davis Figures, Senator Jabo Waggoner and Commissioner John McMillan Despite the fact that the Port of Mobile is located just across the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama businesses will continue to lose out on Cuba’s growing markets to foreign competitors until Congress ends the U.S. travel and trade embargo on … Continued
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June 21, 2016