just farmers? are they the ones getting the aid here as opposed to other industries that have been affected by the escalating trade wars? guest: that is one of the issues you'll probably hear from numbers of the agriculture committee and from other people in congress. when you get into these issues, you get specific winners and losers of industry. farmers are undoubtedly one of the biggest target for foreign retaliation because agriculture is actually an area where the u.s. has a trade or plus -- surplus and can be punished by countries that by u.s. goods -- buy u.s. goods. farmers are also a politically important constituency for you'rent trump, so if trying to inflict pain where it might hurt, agriculture is the place to go. host: does this funding need congressional approval? what kind of oversight will there be? guest: it doesn't. the usda under some depression or he legislation -- legislation, has the ability to give aid to farmers. these authorities have been used as recently with 2012 and ea

he's a fourth generation farmer. he's going to provide the minnesota perspective on the negative impacts of tariffs. i welcome him. >> thank you. our fourth witness is scott vander wall, secretary and treasurer of vanderwall farms. president of the south dakota farm bureau and vice president of the american farm bureau federation. and i would yield to representative gnome for any additional comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm proud to introduce my friend and fellow south dakotan paul vanderwall. it's imperative we have folks testifying that live the reality of the tariffs and the retaliation from other countries against our farmers and ranchers. scott has been a leader for agriculture across the country. his farm and ranch is just about 45 miles south of my ranch. i've known him for many years and appreciated his leadership not just at the state level but at the national level as well. him and his wife michelle have been active. they raise corn and soybeans. they have a custom kalgt feeding operation. he's here

and a record drought grips germany's bread basket farmers say they've never seen anything like it. i've been physical and that's the business cambodia's ruling party is set to take all one hundred twenty five parliamentary seats after sunday's election which critics are calling a sham outcome would turn the country into a one party state and extend prime minister hun sen's more than three decade run under his rule chinese investments have helped cambodia become one of the world's fastest growing economies but despite great growth figures household debt among cambodians fifteen million people has grown to an all time high of two point eight billion dollars chinese influence and deteriorating democratic tendencies of cause western influence to drop it also puts at risk the government say cambodia's largest formal employer. recently sent a delegation there to really evaluate its duty free agreement. andreea haying is our asia correspondent in singapore andrea this all sounds awfully unsettling to investors what's it going to do to growth. oh the cambodian economy was forecasted to gro

farmers and ranchers, don't feel like has been efficient. if there was a little snack on the 199 issues early on but that got resolved. that would've been disrupting from a private sector rather than co-opt. >> you heard from some of speedy we heard a lot about that. that was really an unfortunate misstep in the tax bill but it got, everyone recognized it very quickly and it got corrected fairly quickly so. >> mr. secretary, basic all politics is local but also all economics is local. i produce a if the farms are thriving, local economies are thriving. it's been tough for farms in the last couple of years. >> and rural community spirit we know that many people don't recognize they are not associate with farming, farming is down 50% from 2013. that's quite a stretch there. it's a breakeven for many farms now, but the good ones survivets now, but the good ones survive, and they find other things to do. that is the way our economy works, but it is very, very challenging. that's why the cumulative effect obviously of the issues over ethanol and

but they're making white farmers feel increasingly on edge farmers like baird is henrico and his wife is still. they say some of their friends are black and skin color is not normally an issue for them but earlier this year they had an experience which caused them to see things differently. fair to send a stale breed antelopes and sell them to nature parks sometimes tourists come to their farm to hunt the antelopes bertice and estelle love living out in nature but what happened in early february has changed everything. but. one evening when the couple were back at the farmhouse three black men stormed into their living room armed with knives and guns bertice did his best to hold them off. to eat the first one with a screwdriver. and he was going to. rent the human flat to him and he was. standing up and so i grabbed him and that's when i grabbed the other one i don't know a way to become from the backside the way. the short the short. i fell down. with bertice injured on the floor the men took a gun and tried to kill him. and they held that against his hate and trying to pull the trig

. >>> a group of farmers from across u.s. were on capitol hill last week testifying on the impact of the trump administrations newly imposed tariff. they talked about their ability to import and export materials how retaliation by other countries was affecting u.s. agriculture industry. the house ways and means subcommittee is just over two hours. >> good afternoon everyone. the subcommittee will come to order. welcome to the committee ways and means subcommittee. welcome all the witnesses and all the folks from the audience here today to listen to the testimony that we are anxious to hear. i am sure you are anxious to get questions that we have for you, share additional information. before we get started, let me just make a few comments. as many of you know, u.s. farmers, ranchers and growers right now are caught in the middle of international crossfire. first they are hurt because products such as equipment, chemicals, and fertilizer which they need to run lean and competitive agriculture operations have been included on th

he's a fourth generation farmer. he's going to provide the minnesota perspective on the negative impacts of tariffs. i welcome him. >> thank you. our fourth witness is scott vander wall, secretary and treasurer of vanderwall farms. president of the south dakota farm bureau and vice president of the american farm bureau federation. and i would yield to representative gnome for any additional comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm proud to introduce my friend and fellow south dakotan paul vanderwall. it's imperative we have folks testifying that live the reality of the tariffs and the retaliation from other countries against our farmers and ranchers. scott has been a leader for agriculture across the country. his farm and ranch is just about 45 miles south of my ranch. i've known him for many years and appreciated his leadership not just at the state level but at the national level as well. him and his wife michelle have been active. they raise corn and soybeans. they have a custom kalgt feeding operation. he's here

host: quite the believe it is a bailout targeted at farmers? other industries have been impacted by the rising tariffs around the globe. guest: the other industries will be asking for help as well if the president does not change his ways. we have companies now that are saying they want to move their operations overseas because these tariffs are making it financially difficult to operate in the u.s. look at what's happening with harley davidson for example. this is always self-inflicted went by this president who doesn't have any clue what he is doing. he likes to talk tough and think he is the emperor of the world, and the bottom line is people are not responding. we are at this point where farmers are being hurt, manufacturers are being hurt. we are now starting to hear from people across this country how they are being adversely impacted. again, congress needs to tell the president enough is enough and republicans have to have the spine to stand up to this president who is clearly wrong. they all know he is wrong on this. unfortunately they

are they taking on technological change yes for example farmers in eastern germany they use less the plough on the fields more keeping the. we are in this whole deal that's our most quite modern farming practices what about financial aid are they going to get what they want from the government a billion euro sounds like a looked well we are asking systems for farmers that are heavily affected who loose fifty or seventy percent of the yell who invested all of the year in their seed in their fertilizers and now get nothing back and. we talk about this farmers of course the drought that's hit germany or parts of germany is also hitting other parts of europe what other farmers and what other regions are affected well it's the whole middle europe and eastern europe scandinavia and also ukraine is forecast for concerts not to have a good harvest usually your beers and grain exporter may be in not at that scale this year what's it mean economically for the block of europe as a whole basically we have to feed our cattle in this winter maybe it's a bit more costly this year to run farming and

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that's not a bailout. >> reporter: whatever you call it, farmers aren't happy. >> as farmers, i can tell you, we, you know, would rather get our income from the market. it's a handout that we really don't want. >> reporter: today, the president claimed he'd found a fix. trade with europe, part of the agreement he announced in the rose garden yesterday. >> basically, we opened up europe, and that's going to be a great thing for europe and really going to be a great thing for us and it's going to be a really great thing for our farmers. >> reporter: but already today, europeans are backing away from the idea of importing american agricultural products, especially if they're genetically modified, cost more because of the shipping distances or use chemicals banned in europe. and in wisconsin, where michael slattery farms soybeans, there's fear the trump trade war will do lasting damage. >> for me, this is a great loss. not just because the price has dropped, but our future markets will be taken away from us. >> reporter: he says farmers are the dupes in this whole process. >> american farmer

that has hurt the american farmer. who here thinks that america has a fair trade arrangement, before china?the tariffs, with about -- you think we have good reciprocal tariffs? that everything is fair in agriculture? no. certainly, canada with lumber and dairy, we have problems. i don't think anybody would argue that we have problems with steel and aluminum, although that is not your primary. you recognize china has been treating us unfairly and dumping on a. we have recognized there is a problem. who here thinks that these countries, if they got the better end of the deal, that they will willingly give up the advantage and say you are right? you think they are going to do that? >> i do not. >> does anybody think that? what will it require to get them to give up this advantage? obviously some kind of pressure will have to be brought to bear. we can disagree about the type of pressure. pressure that has been brought here is tariffs. we are not talking with them, we are. we have the secretary of >> we've got the secretar

and if the farmers are thriving local economies are thriving. it has been tough for farmers for the last couple of years. >>> and the rural communities. a lot of people do not recognize or not associated with farming, income is down 50%. that is quite a stretch. it is a rake and -- even -- it is a break even, a lot of people survive but others have to find other things to do. that is the way our economy works. that is the accumulative effect obviously with the issues. that is why that issue so important. that is why trade is so important. that is why they accumulative effect of the farm bill anticipating the farm bill as a safety net is always important. >>> i want to ask you quickly about daily life. the population of our rural communities is shrinking. it is struggling. >>> one of the things we are focused on with the usda is the --. we take it for granted in the urban areas. a lot of kids growing up don't have the benefits of broadband. a lot of aquaculture depends on broad and to be over the plant the seed exactly what it should be. e-commer

did not fight for the american farmer. this president is fighting for him and china knew directly where we were the most vulnerable. they came after our farmer and the ranchers. it gets me upset when i talk about people indicating it's the president not defending farmers and ranchers, he was fighting for better trade grooms and china came after us. -- trade agreements. if we're going to win for better trade agreements we need the help of the administration. the help of us da. the help of congress to make sure farmers and ranchers can continue to provide the food supply for this country and the world and do what they to best. that's the message i have a tough time delivering up here. i spent my whole life in agriculture but it's difficult for anybody who hasn't. they don't understand how highly leveraged the industry is. when you get in a state like south dakota and you're borrowing money to buy land and machinery, and you go back to the bank and buy money to operate to put seed and fertilizer chemical in the ground and hop

farmers?on to guest: i have a listening to your callers and commentary. that we start by saying i have made two visits to china in the last 120 days. i was in russia just three weeks ago. i am actively engaged as it relates to global trade and the issues american farmers and ranchers face every day to get their guests international markets. you have to step back and think about the big picture. 95% of the world consumers live outside the united states. we only represent 5% of the world's consumers. we have a higher purchasing per capita, but the growth long-term for american farmers and ranchers will be access to these overseas markets. china has been consistently breaking a lot of rules related to trade. ungrateful president trump is confronted these unfair trade practices -- i am grateful president trump has confronted these unfair trade practices. and automobile to china is a 25% tariff. from china to the united states, a 2.5% tariff. on average it is three times the rates of u.s. tariffs. more importantly is the theft of u.s. technology going up by ch

so this whole debate is really endanger some of america's -- at least the small farmers, the big farmers are in a better situation, but this is hurting them. >> there's no question about that. basically farmers are on the front lines, they're the casualties in this trade war and the reality is that they are currently losing money. dairy farmers are using money every single day. the futures market has been impacted by hundreds of millions of dollars. pork producers, soy bean producers losing significant amount of market share opportunities so there's no question they've been hurt and i think the president made the promise to farmers that they would not be hurt by retaliatory tariffs. this program is basically making good on that promise. it also sends a message to those that we're negotiating with that the president and his team is in this conversation for the long haul. i think farmers hope that eventually this gets resolved and hopefully sooner rather than later. >> technically, speaking, though, when you provide assistance to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs we're getting deeper in

another farmer and he said i told the farmer i don't want to buy this from you right now because i know you're struggling. and i know you don't want to sell this coming and i don't want to take advantage of you. and the farmer selling acidified gonsalves, i could start losing everything else so you are actually helping me out. this is where our economy is going right now. i also heard from local businesses dealing with canceled orders because of the tariffs. the price of soybeans as i mentioned is a ten year low due largely to the terrorists on the exports. this turned policy what i worry about is that it's already damaged the markets that took decades and decades to build so what would be the long-term impact of the falling commodity prices and reduced agricultural exports on the little communities which are struggling in so many ways already? spinnaker think we know that it would be very bad if we had seen. and history that's happened and it could be tough on the communities. if they lose the markets that they've developed, i was over in china talking to some of their defense theaters

the farmers of america, they don't want crutches.hey want to work. >> here's what house speaker paul ryan had to say about tariffs as well. >> the president says tariffs are the greatest at bringing negotiations to the table. >> in all caps. >> how long do you give him to see if this strategy works? >> look, i made it pretty clear, i don't think tariffs are the right answer. i they they're taxes. i think there are better tools we can use to hold abusers of trade laws and people countries that perpetuate unfair trade practices, i think there are better tools to use to get them to play fairly. >> reporting now, reporter for the daily beast, let's talk about this aid package, $12 billion the price tag there. what could the impact look like for farmers down the line after the money has run out and do we have any idea where this money is coming from? >> reporter: the impact is likely to be extremely detrimental and unless the federal government is willing to continue re-upping this type of aid, eventually it will catch one farmers. one of

here's what the president said to farmers in iowa this week. >> we just opened up europe for you farmers. you're not going to be too angry with trump, i can tell you. >>chris: as soon as he said that, the spokesperson for the european commission gave this response. quote, agriculture is out of the scope of these discussions. we are not negotiating about agricultural products. mr. secretary, you are at odds, the president is at odds with the european union before the talks even start. >> chris, i was in the room and we had specific conversations about agriculture. and the need to break down the barriers on our culture and have more opportunities for our farmers. we specifically talked about soybeans but we specifically agreed we would look at these other markets. it was very clear our objective as part of this whole agreement is the europeans have to open up more opportunities for our farmers and agriculture.i can't comment on their comments. this will be an important part of any agreement we reached. >>chris: let me just ask you directly because this was on the record. the spokesperson f

host: you say family farmers. these are the small farmers, not the large businesses.st: they tend to be small or medium-sized farmers who were members. because we are general farm organization, we represent all kinds of farmers, whether they are great, rural crop farmers, livestock producers, you name it. they are all eligible. host: when you say represent, what does that work include? guest: it does include lobbying, and that is in part why we have an office in washington, d.c. organizational -- our organizational object is a triangle, and that the base is education. we do a lot of educational work for our membership and for the general public about agriculture and family farmers. then on the sides are the words cooperation and legislation. when i talked earlier about us being organized, a lot of the w ork that was done to bring competition in the marketplace was to organize cooperatives, so that there would be another business that would provide competition in fair market. isn the last triangle point legislation. ultimately, in any country, if you are going to have

the former farmer and now lives in the past. from where he not only champions the new system but wants to sell the benefits of coca to the rest of the world. you miss me sleep there's a lot of bad. mouthing for my soon and i'm just too soon as i go there because without. clothing that was from for political gain. he is fighting an uphill battle. the un convention from one thousand sixty one still lists the coca leaf alongside cocaine and heroin the leaf is only legal in peru and bolivia sinister meant to be as a. p.c. on the arm of the national standard going to have a good number so he must get the most from that a. symbol and. he'll believe. that a good bit of a good one will do so but at a good level what a lot of people think there is. is there wasn't in this prison because most engineers and this is. from knowing them into getting most kilo of the. form gave us by the. would have given me the scene. will be shown us it could have been to the local. indian food pool. because when. for decades past government policy involved

free and fair trade is important for the iowa farmers and all farmers. >> u you are relying. >> we putfor 25 years of bad trade deals hurting our economy. agriculture is giving the president time to get this plan done correctly. >> now i want to ask you, the president has had a year and a half in office. >> yes. >> what is it you are looking for when it comes to a deal. >> i'm looking for free and fair trade. i want a third of my corn -- half of my soybeans go outside this. >> -- >> export markets half of soybeans in the united states go overseas. >> that's critical that we have those markets. that it's critical to us and in agriculture that we can rely on them that they know we are a reliable trade partner and can supply them with abundance in amount and high quality, nutrition. >> the president announced $12 billion aid package. >> are you supportive. >> i'm not as supportive as i would be. >> why. >> i would be more supportive if we could sign a trade -- at nafta trade deal with mexico today. >> you don't want. >> that would be better news for me. >> you don't want the government pu

donald trump, saving the farmers, baby! inside note, mr. president -- you don't need to tell farmers to be patient. these people wait six months for a carrot to grow. i think they've got the patience on lock. they know how to be patient. you guys need to be patient. no, no, they got that dornghts worry. but great job, mr. president, you saved farmers from the trade war. i don't know who started the trade war. i guess we'll never know who that was. ( laughter ) the point is trump is fixing problems, and that was just taco tuesday. on weiner wednesday, trump fixed an even bigger problem. >> together in the rose garden, president trump and european commission president announced a wide-ranging agreement meant to stave off further hostilities between the u.s. and europe. >> if we team up, we can make our planet a better, more secure and prosperous place. >> trevor: this man is a visionary! can you imagine a world where one day america and europe can work together? that is insane! that would be like peanut butter and jelly in the same sandwich!

however, many farmer organizations are complaining is not enough.eal not be enough to help the farmers to survive, to continue to run their bususinesses. sarah: thank you so much to both of you. as we mentioned, those two leaders will be holding a press conference a short while from now. we are monitoring developments and we will bring you that conference live as we get it. in the meantime, the white house announced it will propose the -- delay the proposed meeting with vladimir putin until 2019. trump and putin met in mid-july. shortly thereafter trump invited putin to the white house for a second meeting originally scheduled for this coming fall. the reason for the delay is ongoing investigation in rushes interference meet with exceeding election. -- in the 2016 election. the leading parties are said to be an. -- reporter: this is the aftermath of a bomb blast that killed dozezens in southwhwest pakists. the so-called islamic state -- it set a grim tone for the elections. across more than 80,000 voting stations, pakistanis streamed to the polls in

please be careful and keep the farmer in mind because the farmer doesn't have the luxury. for example, an oil worker, an oil company can tap the well and is still there. >> the white house should reconsider hitting an industry that the u.s. has a trade surplus with china stating china wouldn't hesitate to hit back with their own tariffs. cheryl and jerry. spirit closer look at subsidies for farmers and agricultural secretary sunny perdue sits down with maria bartiromo at 6:30 a.m. eastern time. you won't want to miss that appeared to do secretary of state mike pompeo to testify before the senate foreign relations committee this afternoon. he's expected to face some tough questions with russian president vladimir putin in helsinki last week. >> the biggest thing on everybody's mind is what did we commit to in a private meeting with putin. what were commitments made by the u.s. that's the biggest thing. >> secretary pompeo to be hit with questions about the recent war of words between president trump in the iranian leader before today's testimony. scheduled to meet with pres

our farmers' suicide rates are more than double that of the general population. unfortunately, the impacts do not stop at the farm gate. when production and agriculture suffers, so do the communities. and those that support the agriculture industry. the drought really does impact us all. earlier this month, i visited connie and joe's ranch in chase county, kansas. they showed me their vacant past ures and dry ponds and admitted this drought was one of the worst their family has ever endured. they are not alone as i hear stories of farmers and ranchers across the district struggling to find solutions and options for their crops and cattle. while i cannot deliver the rain main of us pray for, i can help bring a level of certainty and support to my farmers and ranchers of final passage of this 2018 farm bill. i worked hard alongside my agriculture committee colleagues to write and pass legislation that continues conservation programs that helps producers operate their farms and ranches more efficiently. farmers never want a handout but in trying times like these it'

>> i think again, he's a farmer and farmers are real patriots. farmer in this country that would not rather have a good crop at a fair price then a government check. but when we have trade disruptions that we have no we believe illegal retaliatory tariffs against our farmers, then they need some help and that's exactly what the president has promised, and that's what he has delivered. our farmers, if there were open trade around the world, they would benefit greatly, and that's what we would like to see. there have been nontariff barriers for years and china has treated ever since they got in the wto. so this is what the president is the first want to call them on it and that's what we need, someone to play fair. >> martha: in terms of china and many other countries, they have the ability to manipulate their currency, they can manipulate their markets to a great extent. they can offset some of these tariffs. is this sort of the administration's way of trying to offset while obviously keeping within the rules that we have is a country? >> it is. i

it is up to how farmers see themselves.erviewed trump's supporters who everyone when they are hurt through healthcare or some sort of program that were helping them to fix their homes that president trump want to take away. they look at that, at the end of my day, tlrump is my guy and i have to hurt a little bit to support trump. if people keep on thinking that way, people will continue to support him. >> thank you both. >> inside "access." >> a new report claims campaign aids making tens of thousands of dollars on trump's associate who wanted access and information. i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what

farmers would rather have trade and aid. they would rather have a good crop it a fair price than any government check at all. they are disrupted by the trade actions and they had nothing to do with it if you like it is only appropriate for mitigation. but i hope that we can have this result in five or six months of the trade issues. it's up to china. china needs to stop the practices and i think we are close to getting an agreement with mexico and canada. as you know they finally acknowledged the class of a mouth keeping our dairy products out isn't a free-trade efforts like nafta. >> so in the short term the president has made your job harder. >> it's probably more challenging. [laughter] >> you were just out in alabama, or know another of our guests was held in alabama, but you have just been out traveling the northwest. as you were out there what did you hear about tax reform? let's talk about the effect on small farms and mega- farms. >> doethose i think are benefitg anyone who pays taxes and farmers as i said or busines

farmers like everyone else have trade frustrations.s into the next system our trade patterns are permanently altered so that brazil starts clearing morland to grow soybeans. when you see the sort of structural change in american farming that is going to make farmers think a lot about their support for the president. we are simply not there yet. the impact on the 2018 midterms is going to depend on how well farmers can ride out the storm. some may not be able to that many are in a position where they can. shery: the u.s. is having trade disputes with almost everyone in the world. china, canadae is and mexico with a renegotiation of nafta. how important are these markets? those three nations took up 43% of u.s. agricultural exports in 2017. there are the big three and no one else is even close. do we know at this point what president trump's approval ratings are in the red states? >> the challenges that farmers are a subcomponent of rural voters. when you see his approval ratings dropping across the you see big drops in rural states. eve

>> farmers would run that trade rather than aid. it would much rather have a good crop at a fair price rather than any kind of government check at all. but when you make plans and planning as they have already and don't have, or disrupted by trade actions that did nothing to do with, we feel like it's only appropriate for mitigation. but i hope that we can have really this resolved prior to six months, all the trade issues. it's really up to china. china needs to stop the practices that event at the competitive and protectionist for many years, at a think with a very close to getting agreement with mexico and canada. as you know canada has finally acknowledged they are keeping our dairy products out of canada is not a free trade effort like nafta. >> and so in the short term the president has major job harder. >> more challenging. >> you were just out in alabama, right? or, no, another upper caste we just had out in alabama but you have been traveling we mentioned the northwest, as you out there what you about tax reform? let's talk

farmers need the help. it needs to go there.g to -- as jim mentioned, $3.6 billion in a year is just dairy. it's not going to cover the other markets. maria: yeah. so mark, let me show you what the president is saying now because he's actually right now tweeting about trade and about the farmers. he says every time i see a weak politician asking to stop trade talks or the use of tariff to counter unfair tariffs, i wonder what can they be thinking, just going to continue and let our farmers and country get ripped off? lost $817 billion on trade last year. no weakness. your thoughts on the president's tweet right now? >> i agree with the president. we have to stand firm. we have to stand up. congress has to stand up and fight for this free trade. it just needs to be done. this has been a long time like this. this isn't just something happened in the last couple years. maria: what are you going to do -- >> this has been going on for decades. maria: what are you going to do? jim, weigh in here. if this is sort of the law of the land

kay kayla tauschy hashe details. >> farmers are feeling theas he u.s.ariffs are met with retaliation in america's heartland. president trump said the end result will be better deals with trading partners. > we're making tremendous progress they're all coming and they don't want to have the tariffs put on them. they're all coming to see us and the farmers will be theiggest beneficiaries. just be a little patient. >> to buy that patience, the department of agriculture put2 together a illion fund, temporary aid that will be paid directly tors farhose crops like soybeans plummet in price and buying surplus in other crops like fruits and nuts where markets dry up up. usda called it a short-term bridge to offset immediate financia stress from market disruption. the farm groups and republican lawmakers didn't buy it. >> havg talked to a lot of farmers over the weekend, i got the same refrain whichur i'm se you've heard a lot which is wee want tr not aid. >> nebraska senator ben sasse lled the fundbailouts saying this trade war is cutting the legs out from unde

i think it's too early to tell and talking to farmers, i think farmers are relieved that the harvesteks, we will see an impact on vegetable production and some of the later crops will be diminished. we are looking at a smaller harvest and there will be increasing problems for livestock farmers as they run out of grass and winter feed. but it's too early to tell at the moment. the signs are ominous. it could mean higher prices in the shops? well, we feed ourselves as a country from all over the world but there are droughts in other parts of the world. i think it's a reminder at this time as we leave the eu and think about agricultural policy in this country, we should not take food for granted. it's very much subject to the weather which is unpredictable and sometimes politicians need to take an interest in how farmers are getting on because if we don't have safety nets to see us through bad times, we can fall through and not be there when things get really bad. i think it's a reminder, a wake—up call, for us all as a nation to think how we feed ourselves and how we manage the risk of

works for another oil farmer who sells the black gold to refineries nearby. but the twenty one year old would like to be his own boss one day. and oil drill is really expensive even a used one costs about a thousand u.s. dollars i'll probably have to say for a while but the job here is ok it's much easier than field work. life here is a rustic bit like living in the wild west during the gold rush. makes do cooking for her small family on a wood burning stove. although a proper kitchen would be nice she says like the ones on t.v. . but that's a dream she'll have to wait for. with oil there are ups and downs and no guarantee is that sometimes we make losses but at least we have enough to live on and support our families. as evening nears the searing heat cools a little. and neighbors come together and chew beetle nuts and inexpensive stimulant that send men whose wife rose up and leaves. the earth the way i hope that in a few years we'll have saved enough to get out of here. even if you know i would really like to open up my own little shop. he was. at the side

they mean farmers have been very successful families. and we have been farmers transfer themselves here with their technology train our people. ahead of modi's address to uganda's parliament lawmakers want him to present more trade opportunities and strengthen existing ones we have so many young people in this country was troubling to us with the start ups. the ideas that this idea is to be rated. believe. in the weeds experience generation. evolve. approach for what would benefit from a bit expertize movies visit is backed by the african union to promote trade between africa and india which is currently valued at ninety billion dollars annually africans hope this can be improved as times with delhi deepen. seven years into germany's green energy revolution which entails phasing out nuclear in for motoring when you of all energy thousands of wind turbines us fight across the country but they only have a life span of ten years and the spacing of old wind turbines is a big problem not only are they deeply rooted in the ground but getting r

farmers are not likely to see any fast cash.he agriculture minister wants to wait and see what the final losses are before deciding at the end of august. climatologists say the parched fields, droughts and rising temperatures mean the future could alalready be upon us. if we keep going like we have been then by mid century we will be at a 2.4 degree increase. there would make torrential rain and heat waves more frequent. this year, even the far north is struggling with unusually high temperatures. >> germany's one producers -- wine producers are better able to without too temperatures. they harvested their graves lot earlier this year. the german wine institute said this is the earliest that they have ever started picking. it is expected to produce a very tasty lunch. -- tasty bunch. the world's biggest earthmoving equipment -- caterpillar has raised its outlook after posting second-quarter earnings. the illinois-based company credits the results down to rising global dememand, especiay in its business with china. as well as inc

and our farmers are patriots. remember that. our farmers are patriots. and they're saying, the president is doing the right thing. [applause] they're saying it. these are incredible. they interview them on television. they say, i know it's going to be a little tough for a while but he's doing the right thing because everybody knows we've been ripped off for so long and he's doing the right thing. these are incredible people and you know we've given them a little help yesterday. we're giving them help. and everybody is going to be back because we have the greatest farms in the world. we have the greatest equipment in the world. there's nobody can compete with us with agriculture. and these tactics are not working because we're not going to give china or any other country a veto on united states national security. we're not going to do it. and we will not let anybody bully our wonderful american farmers. our fortunes as a nation rise and fall together and that is why we are going to stick together and win for our farmers and our factory workers, our steelw

chris, let's go back to the farmers. we already subsidize farmers. how unusual is this? and to do it without the support of congress. >> well, i don't think it is all that unusual. if you look at it, to say this isn't working yet is sort of like saying your game plan isn't working before you've had a chance to touch the ball. president trump was consistent during the campaign, really over the last 20 years of his life, is he feels like the u.s. has been tied up and getting the wrong side of the deal on negotiations. but i grew up on a farm in oklahoma. the complex system of ag credit and contracts and lending makes it a different type of scenario than it is with the commodities you mentioned earlier, where they had to be bailed out earlier to be given time to be successful. look, president trump, donald trump, has always been a hi high-stakes gambler. >> in the real estate world, president trump has gone bankrupt over four times. in the branding and marketing world, he's made a mint. he's been a business and genius. in getting elected, he's been fantastic on taking on is