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Signal to Noise: SCOTUS, Trump, Grassley, Ethanol, Oh My

Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer talks ethanol, SCOTUS, the farm bill and more and separates signal from noise.

By John Herath
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November 16, 2020 10:50 PM
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Does a Supreme Court opening buy some time for President Donald Trump with rural voters? Does it also provide an opening for Sen. Chuck Grassley to fight back over ethanol? And, oh yeah...the Senate passed a farm bill. Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer splits the signal from the noise in this week’s news.

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