Markets & News: Signal to Noise with Jim Wiesemeyer

News that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 shook the political world this week. In the DC Signal to Noise Podcast, Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer and Farm Journal's John Herath talk through how the news could impact further coronavirus aid, trading partners, the campaign and more.

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Did China really not make our list of topics for DC Signal to Noise?

There is plenty of other news for Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer and Farm Journal's John Herath to dissect this week including the fight to get Commodity Credit Corporation funding in the budget continuing resolution, the prospects for more Covid aid (and whether agriculture needs it) and much more. They also lay out how the oil and biofuels industries need to work together if they want to preserve a future for liquid motor fuels.

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There's fresh Covid aid news, big question marks on China's corn buys and Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer was correct in a big American Soybean Association prediction a couple of months ago.

On this week's DC Signal to Noise podcast, Wiesemeyer and Farm Journal's John Herath cover the details of the second round of the Coronavirus Food Aid Program, the prospects of another general Covid-19 aid program and the big questions about the World Board's forecast for Chinese imports of U.S. corn which is pegged more than a million tonnes under what the country has already committed to buy.

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In this DC Signal to Noise Extra: USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey provides details of the just-announced second round of the Coronavirus Food Aid Program which will provide up to $14 billion in payments to all sectors of agriculture.

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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue last week promised details this week on a second round of Coronavirus Food Aid Program (CFAP) payments, but that news never came. But might there be big changes in how the second round program is structured? Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemyer says in this week's DC Signal to Noise Podcast that CFAP2 will likely be a revenue-based program.

In this week's podcast, Wiesemeyer and Farm Journal news director John Herath also look at the state of the presidential race, an update on Renewable Fuels Standard waivers, a big push on Chinese corn purchases that wasn't reflected in USDA reports and more.

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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue while in Iowa this week said details of a second round of Coronavirus Food Aid Program payments would be announced in the coming week. Weill the new round of funding cover 2020 crops? Will USDA indemnify livestock producers who had to euthanize animals? Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer has the details of what's likely in and out of the new program.

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A special bonus for DC Signal to Noise: Jim Wiesemeyer talks with Andrew McCrea about the 2020 election on Farming the Countryside.

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Jim Wiesemeyer's look at the 2020 election for Farm Journal Field Days.

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Did the Democrat and Republican national conventions change any minds? Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer and Farm Journal's John Herath debate where the race stands in the final stretch and look at a surprising early call that the presidential race is over.

In this week's episode, Wiesemeyer says he is hearing strong hints that an announcement on the Renewable Fuels Standard will come soon with a presidential return to Iowa.

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Congressional negotiators failed to craft a deal on a fourth round of COVID-19 aid on Friday, placing a question mark on aid for the unemployed, businesses and units of government. Agriculture, on the other hand, may still have some wiggle room for aid, according to Pro Farmer's Jim Wiesemeyer with more than $8 billion still unspent in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and $14 billion in the Commodity Credit Corporation. 

Listen to this week's DC Signal to Noise Podcast to hear how that money might be used to provide broader assistance for agriculture.

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