A delegation of lawmakers is in China right now - setting the stage for next week's talks between the two countries' leaders.Senator Jerry Moran is among that group - and tells us which crops are up for debate.

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We're watching three headlines for farmers. Purdue University's ag economy barometer dropped six points in April. President Trump ends Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz. And we're talking to the chairman of the House Ag Committee about the farm bill passing its first hurdle.

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Diesel prices don't look like they will go down anytime soon and we are on the road with Tyne Morgan with our planting tour in Iowa.

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Clinton Griffiths Hosts AgDay: Soybean planting is flying down South as thousands of workers take buyout offers from USDA and farmers face another fertilizer price increase. 

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The U.S. will now guide ships through the troubled Strait of Hormuz, 64 Holstein Calves are stolen in Ohio, and Haley Bickelhaupt talks next generations farming with her brothers.

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Gas prices jumped nine cents on Friday, a record since the start of the war with Iran. Plus weather is impacting the nation's cattle herd and an old enemy, pseudorabies, is back in the pig population.

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The U.S. House finally gets the Farm Bill through but not without some dramatic wrangling. The pesticide provision is out and the E15 conversation is tabled until later. Michelle Rook reports on E15. Also, farmers in the northeast are taking stock after an April freeze and projecting yield losses.

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USDA's taking short- and long-term steps to lower fertilizer costs. Michelle Rook has the details. Plus, Walmart's expanding its dairy footprint in Texas and the latest on stolen agricultural drones. 

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Debates on a number of farm bill amendments are holding up a House vote on the bill. How pesticide liability is playing a big role in the discussions. Also, we share another planting update. But this week, our farmer has a history in the NFL.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a major case involving the herbicide glyphosate. Plus, we break down an announcement on farmer disaster relief and share why one man thinks corn yields could reach 1,000 bushels per acre. 

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