with the help of the women farmers federation he installed a cold storage in concord in mid september 21000 and began educating the farmers on how to use it a lot of. after studying the cultivation and harvesting patterns of the region it was decided how much gold storage the village required now it can refrigerated up to $4000.00 kilos of produce at a time the farmers have been able to increase their income by around 30 percent. before they were kind of selling it by the wayside group site all of that now they were going to get to collect a good though on a day so new to the market the next day or after a couple of days when they see the prices they're getting those prices so on a short duration that they'll be in the system for the feedback has been really good. you know is a tribal village in the heart of district of. home to a few 1000 people most are small holders like 65 percent of the families in india. sorry lebanon has been working the land for 30 years she's a strong supporter of the new cold storage facility. all of us have to back the crops carefully in large baskets and l

. >> and the extent to which farmers were really hurt and arkansas and if that could be made up. obviously the significant hit was taken there was some federal government bailout money given to farmers. but how much damage was done quick. >> significant damage. our gdp is impacted by the farm economy. and while we did get facilitation payments to the farmers that is bailout, they do not cover all the losses. the loss is more severe. they knew it was important negotiation so there's low - - they are survivors used to hard times but we need to have the world market open to the united states but we need to get back to lower zero tariffs but need to get their. >> are you hopeful at all with the phase two china deal that if we have gotten to this point and with those tariffs that are still there and under normal circumstances with the coronavirus and that hopefully that will be resolved very quickly but that will be a drag on their economy that they might need more time but we can see how that carries out and then move quickly to phase two. and from what it took to get to phase one we won't get there this year we are not expecting it. >> we will

the extent to which swabian farmers were hurt in arkansas and the extent to which that can be made up. obviously, it is a significant hit that was taken. there was some federal government bailout money given to farmers. how much damage was done? gov. hutchinson: significant damage. our gdp in arkansas is impacted by the farm economy. and while we did get facilitation payments to the farmers, which are bailout, they call them facilitation payments they do not cover all the , losses. the loss is more severe. i was very impressed with the farmers as to how they knew this was an important negotiation with china trying to get it right. their survivors are used to hard times. but we need to have the world market open to the united states which means we need to have our market open to them as well. so when the end, we need to get back to low zero tariffs, low tariffs, that is what we want. that is what we need. we need to figure out how to get there. ben: i wonder, are you hopeful that there could be a phase two china deal this year? i've no reason to believe that there really can be, that we have gotten to this point with china on increasing tariffs, but it is ver

a major obstacle to providing more water for the region's farmers has now been totally eliminated by the federalernment. the federal government is tough to deal with. we got it done quicklyt request of devin, kevin, works out well, devin and kevin. they're very similar people. they're tough. thank you. but we got it done and we got it done fast. you also worked with some of the other congressman and women. we had a lot of our, a lot of help from a lot of the women that worked with us, i tell you we're very proud of the job we did. we can do it very quickly if we can get the state to move. you can take away the water allocation for people, 50 gallons, 43, 42, throw it out the window, you don't have to worry about it anymore. what a difference that would be, right? [cheers and applause] going forward we use the latest science and most advanced technology to monitor water distribution in real time, insuring that the environment remains protected while directing as much water as possible which will be a magnificent amount, a massive amount of water for the use of california farmers, ranchers, all of

farmers. president trump signing an order that gives them more access to federal water supplies. ng good on a 2016 campaign promise. central valley farmers have faced irrigation restrictions aimed at protecting fish since the late 2000s. environmentalists say the order will threaten endangered species. ashley: the white house touting the strength of the u.s. economy in the annual economic report. the economy it says firing on all cylinders. let's get opinion on that, david nelson, chief strai strategist s us now. good morning to you. >> good morning. ashley: gdp, we love it to be higher but compared to the rest of the world, humming along fine. job creation, employee compensation, all of this, even the latest data suggests that the economy is doing just fine. right? >> unquestionably. i think you pointed out the signature achievement is certainly the jobs market. it's probably nothing like i've really seen in the last 10, 20 years at this point. you've seen certainly low unemployment across a broad array of demographics. that's the significant achievement of the administration. th

in 1916 the federal road act focused federal funds on roads that would help farmers get their products out of the rural areas with more ease and flexibility. following the war, explained kirsch, standard practices within the industry included the use of long-haul trucking over railroads, forced the appropriate sphere of the electric truck to grow smaller. although proponents of electrics pushed for separate spheres of transportation with separate technologies, business owners could not support hybrid fleets. in making their decision for the internal combustion powered truck, businesses accepted a cost-benefit scenario that allowed them to succeed across the board. even if another technology such as electric-powered made more sense for short hauling. it was these decisions that helped to determine the future pattern in human mobility. during world war i, having a domestic abundance of crude to manage put the united states in a powerful position. no matter what regulatory choices it made, it was a war, writes historian daniel jorgen, that was fought between men and machines, and these ma

president trump signing an a order giving farmers more access to federal water supplies, making good tions since the late 2000s, aimed at protecting fish. environmentalists say it will threaten endangered species. carlos ghosn facing increased scrutiny from france over alleged misuse of funds. prosecutors are taking a closer look at his spending while ceo of renault nissan. it includes millions of dollars of payments to a car dealership in ow oman. ghosn continues to deny any wrong-doing. more fallout for the peloton and fly wheel legal fight. fly wheel admits it illegally il copied the spin bike company and will shut down online class as of march 1st. fly wheel at home customers will be able to get peloton bikes by the way. you can go to fly wheel, the actual classes, in person. finally, this. barbie collaborating to create a new line of barbie dolls. they're celebrating black history month. here's some pictures. the dolls will showcase a variety of skin tones, sizes, styles, pretty neat. terini said it was important to reflect barbie as an icon through the lens of the black culture

farmers. a new hampshire farm bureau federation president dennis ward with us right now. k you. neil: i always forget, we always think of iowa in terms of the farmers and the trade deals impact, but dairy is here in new hampshire, as well. what are your thoughts first off on the china deal? >> the china deal was a little rough waiting for it. it didn't hurt new hampshire directly as much because we have more than 4,000 farms in new hampshire and they're small farms so we don't do a lot of i am porting and exporting. neil: and dairy is big here. >> it was the industry in the state. we've lost a awful lot of dairies, down to maybe 94 farms now. neil: wow. will the trade deal, not the china one, but signed with the mexicans and canadians change for you? >> the usmca deal should help dairy a little, mostly because some of the other states will send more product to canada which will create a little better market for new hampshire dairy products. you know, it should help. we were right next to the canadian border, we do quite a bit of trading back and forth. so it will give us a

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farmers in southern california. yesterday trump was in l.a. pledging the federal government's full support to the city which is hosting the olympics. he then attended a fund-raising dinner in beverly hills. this is his fourth visit to california as president. >>> governor newsom is expected to deliver his state of the state address to lawmakers in sacramento this morning. he is expected to call for better mental health care to help homeless people. the homeless population jumped 16% last year. governor newsom said he wants to improve the state's behavioral health system. >>> there's growing outrage over i.c.e. arrests in sonoma county. federal immigration agents arrested at least three people outside the courthouse in santa rosa on tuesday. the arrests prevented those people from appearing in court for their cases. the county's district attorney and public defender condemned the arrests. they say they undermine public safety and trust between local immigrants and authorities. >>> a big blow for pg&e. the utility company says they lost 3$3.6 billion in the last qua

farmers in southern california. yesterday trump was in l.a. pledging the federal government's full spoupport to e city. he then attended a fund-raising dinner in beverly hills. >>> governor newsom is expected to deliver his state of the state address to lawmakers in sacramento this morning. he is expected to call for better mental health care to help homeless people. the homeless population jumped 16% last year. governor newsom said he wants to improve the state's behavioral health system. >>> there's growing outrage over i i.c.e. arrests. at least three people were arrested outside the santa rosa courthouse on tuesday. the arrests prevented those people from appearing in court for their cases. >>> a new report says san francisco mayor london breed may have received a gift from another person involved in the city's political corruption scandal. according to the examiner, lefty o'doul's owner nick bovis may have paid $1,250 for a parade float in 2015 when breed was on the board of supervisors. bovis was arrested alongside mohammed nuru who is facing corruption charmges. last week mayor breed said nuru g

despite having no support from the federal government compared to the subsidies for gmo corn and soy farmers. what if we supported those organic farmers and what if we had a health care system -- we did not need it because most of us wear pretty healthy? >> i get it. > how can we make it happen. mr. steyer: it is marilyn. let me say this to marylin. there are a couple things that you may not know about me and my family. one thing you should know, we raise grass finished cattle chickens and pigs. partly to prove you can raise animals in a way that restores the soil, partly to prove you can raise non-gmo organic animals in a way that is healthy for people to eat, partly to prove you can raise animals in a way that sequesters carbon on a net basis into the soil. i did not do this to run for president. we have been doing this for 15 years, because we care about healthy food, healthy soil, and sequestering carbon and a need to come up with regenerative agriculture. the second thing i want to tell you that we did not do -- that we had been doing for 20 years. near our farm is a school district and

president trump visited bakersfield today where he announced a new federal rules that would deliver more water to central valley farmers and a rollback. >>protections for fish. >>he also took the time to take a swipe at san francisco's homeless. >>look what's happened to san francisco. so sad. >>what's happened when you see a slum where it's a slum its worst a sub there's no slum like that what they've done to san francisco is a crying shame. and something that we're going to do something about because if they don't fix it up play that up take care of the homeless to what they have to do but clean up this city. the federal government's going to have to step in and we're going to do >>and >>the president also mocked to governor newsome and state officials for fighting his administration on auto emissions rules and the high speed rail. president trump said a car made under his rules would quote be safer because it would not be made out of papier-mache. >>it's frustrating when you're you know given a task and you're trying to help a family look for a loved one and unfortunately we haven't found him yet. >>in other news to

at the same time, i got a call from nwf, the national wildlife federation, i was receiving phone calls and e-mails from farmers and ranchers asking if i had heard about a pipeline that would cross over the largest intact grassland in america, the nebraska sand hills, and the ogallala aquifer, the main water supply for our agricultural state. rural people knew my last name from's run for office -- scott's run for office and from the last few years of me traveling the state. one of those early e-mails was from randy thompson. randy a cattleman, and when he walks into a room, you notice him. tall with a cowboy hat and a confident swagger, he knows just about everyone since he ran a livestock sale barn for years. he became the face of the keystone xl fight in our early years with our stand with randy campaign. randy described parents who worked for years the -- to save money to buy the land as not fancy people, but mighty fine people. randy was a republican when the fight started in 2008, and he's now an independent and uses words like arrogant and son of a bitch to describe president trump. [laughter] [applause]

president donald trump visited bakersfield today, he announced new federal rules which would deliver more water to central valley farmers and roll back protections for fish, which concerns, environmentalists and the president also took the time to slam san francisco's homeless problem. >>look what's happened to san francisco. so sad. >>what's happened when you see a slum where it's islam its worst a sub there's no slum like that. >>what they've done to san francisco is a crying shame. and something that we're going to do something about because if they don't fix it up play that up take care of the homeless to what they have to do but clean up this city. the federal government's going to have to step in we're going to do >>we have a special section dedicated to the issue of homelessness in the bay area at kron 4 dot com and on the kron 4 mobile app just look under the news tab and click san francisco homelessness now to our 4 zone forecast says we take a live look outside of the market, errol in the city. >>and our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing but i'm not i wish i could just more of the storm about 30 to

as a first generation and beginning farmer with my own debt, i believe a federal student loan debt forgiveness program is essential. we're excited by the opportunity to partner next year with the technology startup that will pilot new sensors. they will generate data that will help us understand the micro climate in our clean house to increase the precision of our production methods. support for technologies such as these which can improve environmental and economic efficiencies are important. i want to close by saying innovation is borne of struggle. while we face a mir yaud of challenges as small farmers and business owners, we remain committed to a mission of feeding our communities, improving our systems, and ryemaining careful stewards of colorado's natural environment. technologies both eye tech and low-tech as well as grit and determination are helping us get there. thank you for the opportunity to testify. and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. maca. i know tomorrow is your distribution day. i especially appreciate you flying out to see you today. always good to see yo

if our formerly targeted farmers need additional aid until such time the trade deals with china and mexico and canada and others fully kick in, they will be provided by the federal government paid for out of the massive tariff money coming into the usa. the democratic candidate supported candidate michael bloomberg said trump said he was protecting our farmers so let's see what he's done, then he listed a handful of headlines including farm bankruptcy at an eight year high, and ended it by writing nice work donna. the president is rapid of the four day tour in nevada, a campaign there and at one point with the president. >> jobs are booming, incomes are surging, poverty is plummeting, factories returning, confidence is soaring, the confidence is soaring. >> the president will head back to washington, he will not be here long as next week he will head to india for two days there, the white house is hoping that this could set the stage for trade-off some point down the line between the u.s. and india, the expectation is the trip will not result in that. >> the clever person who wrote the tweets for mike bloomberg were only on the debate stage. >> that would be a b

federal court has awarded $265 million to a missouri farmer blamed another of the company's herbicidesor destroying his peach orchards. that has opened up more than 140 new claims. is also an firing line because they have this herbicide as well. tim low is joining us from munich. this is a different issue than the original problem that bayer had. end all ofas this this comes from the bayer side of the monsanto purchase. tim: that's right. it is pretty bad timing. bayer's's stock has really performed well in the last six months. investors have been thinking they have seen a lot of process on the roundup -- progress on the roundup front and this comes out of left field for a lot of investors. this litigation has been in the background for a while and it is bubbling to the surface. it is the first verdict. there are 140 other cases already existing. one fear is this could be a moment that incites a flurry of lawsuits, just like happened with roundup. it is early going, so time will tell. matt: what is the connection with basf? why does basf also have a stake in this, tim? been aroundduct

federal trade decision which ruled company's products have damaged crops. the jury awarded a missouri peach farmer265 million after he claimed the companies encouraged farmers to use the weed killer irresponsibly. bayer says it will appeal the decision, adding the prosecution presented no competent evidence that its monsanto herb db sides were responsible for the crop losses they face more than 140 lawsuits in connections with the weed killer. >>> shares in airbus have hit a two-month low after a dispute escalates between the u.s. and european union this after the u.s. imposed tariffs on aircraft imported from the eu. it will go up from 10 to 15% next month airbus says it will hurt u.s. airlines and its customers >>> and switching to the auto sector, faurecia is trading at the top of the stoxx 600 after the french automaker reported a rise in full net year profit and sales. however, the group warns market conditions will be tough in 2020 and is predicting another gruelling year for the auto industry with car production likely shrinking 3% worldwide. faurecia ceo patrick koller spoke to us about th

farmers with their water needs. he was joined by california republicans, including devin nunes, kevin mccarthy, and tom mcclintock. the new federal plan for water will use better technology to make sure that water isn't wasted. the president accused the state of chronic mismanagement of water. >> can you imagine a state being rationed when you have millions and millions and millions of gallons being poured out into the pacific ocean that you could have and you'd have more water than you knew what to do with, it's crazy. >> the president changed an order to is send more water to central and southern california, but the state and conservation groups could sue. the president next heads to phoenix for a presidential rally this evening. >>> it's just mind boggling, this is february. it's incredible out there. >> it is going to be a harsh reality when we get back into weather again. i think we will here as we get into march, we're hoping. it really has been a run extraordinary weather for february. the temperatures outside are spring like. early spring like. 68 in antioch, 68 in fairfield. the plants are starting to act like it's sprin

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farmers were hurt in arkansas and the extent to which that can be made up. obviously it's a significant hit that was taken and, you know, there was some federal government bailout money given to farmers. how much damage was done? >> significant damage. you know, the -- our gdp in arkansas is impacted by the farm economy and while we did get facilitation payments to the farmers which are, as you said, bailout, but they call them facilitation payments, they do not cover all the losses, and so the loss is more severe than that, but i was very impressed with the farmers as to how they knew this was an important negotiation with china, trying to get it right. they're survivors and used to hard times, but we need to have the world market open to the united states, which means that we feed to have our market open to them as well, so in the end we need to get back to lower zero tariffs, low tariffs, that's what we want, that's what we need, we need to figure out how to get there. >> are you at all hopeful there could be a phase two china deal this year? i have no reason to believe that there really can be, that we've gotten to this point of detente with china on increa

federal government. an infant that. you really headed a couple of months ago so from the beginning, the trump administration delivered to our great farmersthe previous administration, that farming plummeted by 20 percent in my administration, no farming increased by over 50 percent. [applause]. and we secured the historic trade deals including the new trade deal with china, they're going to buy $50 billion for the product. i don't know if you be able to make it. the most they ever got, remember the most they were bought was $16 million. never going to buy 50 billion. you know they agreed to 20. in closing i was saying, where are you with, they said 20 million, that's more, the most was 16 a few years ago. i syndicate 50. i said make it 50. you've got 1.5 billion people. make it 50 billion. would you do me a favor, and they agreed to do it. they agreed. [applause]. these are beautiful. beautiful tractors. they like nice big tractors. there is a big factor right back there. by a little more land. so larry, instead of selling your land, by summer. by a little more land. think of it. if they get a 40, 250, billion dollars, if you're talking

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farmers in the u.s. pharma income -- farm income is down 16%. exports are down $14.6 billion as a result of his trade war with china. is of farm income in america money from the federalovernment to try to make up for the damage he did with the trade war. that is socialism. $28 billion is what his socialist experiment has been in collectivist agriculture under this presidency. everyone of those 28 billion dollars, ironically borrowed from china. [laughter] so this is where we find ourselves. twice what more than we lost on the auto bailout, which turned out to be a big success for american jobs in this country. so we have to make this case that what he says isn't true, here is what the facts really and i think if we can get their attention and focus everybody on the interests of the next generation, that is what binds us in this society. everybody essentially wants the same thing for the kids and grandkids, everybody wants the same opportunity for their kids and grandkids, and having a pitched battling among americans divided on these lines is never going to get us where we need to be for our kids and our grandkids. that is what i think. it clarifies the mind. i found

tweets in all caps, says if our formerly targeted farmers need additional aid until such time as the trade deals kick in that aid will be provided by the federalt of the massive tariff money coming into the u.s.a. again with the caveat that we are in early days how much of this is unwinding the presumed effect of phase one? >> you know, i don't have good information on that. you know, i would assume that just as phase one was coming into play the chinese were hit by this and it's going to affect their imports from the united states and, therefore, a lot that was promised will not be delivered at least in the short term that would be my working assumption at this stage but we'll see how long this virus affects chinese demand but, you know, the principles involved in phase one will probably be met if we just give it some time >> also while we're talking brainerd is on the tape talking about potential tools if rates go to the lower bound. in this case she mentions yield caps specifically. do you think the fed is going to need to reach deeper into the tool box given what yields are saying about potential growth? >> well, i think they have been loo

saying if our formerly targeted farmers need additional aid until such time as a tree deal of china, mexico and canada kick in, that aid will be provided by the federaling into the u.s. important to note that the president is saying maybe you need a little bit more help in the interim but however, last night at his rally in colorado where he continued to contend that the trade deal will lead to farmers having to ramp up their production. >> i don't want the farmers coming to me saying sir, sir, we cannot produce that much. our farmers will find a way, now i know the farmers i am not worried, $50 billion. >> the 50 billion is a reference to the china trade deal. this was the response from the democratic presidential candidate michael bloomberg who took to twitter to write, trump said he was protecting our farmers so let's see what he has done. in the tweet he rattles off a bunch of headlines being farmed bankruptcies that eight year high and ends by writing nice work donald. meantime as we head into the weekend, saturday night will have a consequential countdown in a different matter as the u.s. coalition partners and the taliban have described a seve

our formally targeted farmers need additional aid until such time as the trade deals with china, mexico, canada and others fully kick in, that aid will be provided by the federalra was black and brown women. they're saying, farmers no you get welfare. and there's something for the black voters. here's some money. the blackout reach team of the campaign is handing out money. there it is. have some money. >> there you go. >> essentially on the republican side they'll do anything, including pay cold hard cash, is that part of the reason that you're seeing, if people are paying, let's take bloomberg and let him pay. >> as we've been talking about, it's been a long road to get here, a rocky road and a road in which people have gotten used, frankly, to being disenfranchised. i think of candidates like elizabeth warren, julian castro appealing to the section of marginalized voters, poor folks, women of color, indigenous people. and having those questions in those communities about whether our vote is going to count, that's -- i'm incredibly worried about the long-term impact this is going to have. folks are saying i don't know if putin stole my vote, somebody with a