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On this week’s episode of Agri-Biz, Rusty Halvorson and Sarah Heinrich cover the farm bill from a corn perspective with Jim Callan of James Callan Associates LLC in Washington, DC, and a sugar perspective with Harrison Weber, executive director of the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association. Dan Erdmann of Farm Rescue says volunteers were on the way to Iowa to help with planting after recent severe weather, and the Northern Crops Institute hosted a webinar about culinary innovations in pea protein.   
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It took approximately 13 hours, but the House Agriculture Committee sent their version of the farm bill from Committee Chair GT Thompson to the full House for a vote. 
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The Masters of Beef Advocacy program is a free, self-guided online course that provides members of the beef community with the tools and resources needed to become an advocate for the beef community. 
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The Environmental Protection Agency opened a public comment period for Bayer’s application for registration of a low-volatility dicamba formulation for use in Roundup Ready 2 Xtend or XtendFlex Crops.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation finished its spring conference last week with a closing session focusing on the red meat industry’s efforts to build international demand for beef and pork cuts with limited domestic use.
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This Farm Talk Segment is brought to you by North Dakota Corn. Jim Callan with James Callan Associates is located in Washington D.C. and works with the North Dakota Corn Growers Association. Callan provides an update on the progress the Farm Bill recently made as the House Ag Committee sent their version of the bill to the full House for a vote.
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