President Donald Trump on Friday signaled that scheduled trade talks with China may be cancelled, putting another wet blanket on hopes for a farm market recovery. The continued bearish China news makes a 2020 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payment very likely according to Pro Farmer policy Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer.

In this week's DC Signal to Noise Podcast, Wiesemeyer, AgWeb policy writer Anna-Lisa Laca and Farm Journal News Director John Herath look at the economic and political impact of the China trade pessimism as well as break down USDA's troubles in processing the 2019 MFP payments.

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