Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 2/26/19


The Agriculture Department faces large spending cuts, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Monday while a White House official said President Trump will ask for “one of the largest spending reductions in history” in the upcoming fiscal 2020 budget. Perdue told reporters that he encouraged the administration to submit a package “within the realm of negotiation,” considering Congress rejected outright Trump’s previous budgets. Perdue also said U.S. officials “will not be bought off” from seeking fundamental reforms in China’s trade practices...

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