like it's just like if a visitor coming that you have not invited relationship with the missouri farm bureau radically changed when he began to complain about the daily waste in odors emitting from smithfield foods that tree farm while he assumed the farm bureau would support a local independent farmer against his new corporate neighbor rolf was left to fight alone. i felt abandoned and also felt that i was working for the wrong organising. for so many years because all of a sudden this operation this organization backed out and it supposedly is a farm organization these supposedly supports individual independent farmers and all of a sudden they were siding with the industry and they're siding with industry to this very day the campaign against prop b. began immediately after it was approved for the ballot at a gathering of the most powerful agricultural forces in missouri at the stinson morrison and hecker law firm in addition to members of the dog breeding industry the meeting included the leadership of the missouri farm bureau the missouri pork producers association and the missouri soybe

the missouri farm bureau the missouri.pork producers and the missouri soybean association while the missouri farmers care campaign highlighted the positive role of missouri farmers in society the alliance for truth was focused on misrepresenting the clear language improper be the majority of the funding for the alliance for truth was funneled through missouri farmers care by the same agricultural trade groups the trade groups involved represent the interests of their member corporations in missouri these corporations include some of the largest agribusiness is in the united states months sent to tyson cargill and smithfield foods while these trade groups used their vast financial resources opposing prop b. the corporations that ultimately provided the majority of the funding for the campaign remained silent simply put without the financial support of corporate agriculture the puppy mills of missouri would not have had the ability to mount the alliance for truth or missouri farmers care which were largely responsible for th

that's what we are hearing from our farmers and ranchers the farm bureau and usda. i'd be interested to hear your thoughts about why because of your sense of downloading the deal this week, the administration asked to stick with the china deal and make sure china holds up its end of the bargain. i am interested in how you expect to hold china accountable without agricultural markets if china fills the agricultural obligations, how will be no and will you be transparent with the american people? how are you going to work the terms of this agreement in a way that does boomerang on our farmers and how quickly do you think our farmers and ranchers can expect a remedy if you decide china is not complying with the terms of the deal? >> thank you. i appreciate the question. i would say first of all, the numbers in this, i'll go through this quickly. the numbers are difficult to calculate, export shipments but export shipments will pick up things that have been purchased by now for at least, it depends on the products. you can assume a minimum six weeks and sometimes much l

the study by the state farm bureau says the losses have topped $2 billion. they said that dairy farm suffered the biggest losses followed by grapes and flower nurseries due to the shutdown of restaurants and food service. >>> police in union city are investigating a hate crime after someone spray-painted racial slurs on a car. that vehicle had signs in its windows supporting black lives matter. azenith smith is here with what the car owner told us this evening. >> reporter: the car belongs to an african-american man that is parked his car on the boulevard for 3 years. he has encountered no problems until he displayed the blm signs. he said he was scared, now he is angry. in this client family oriented neighborhood in union city, the owner of this white saturn assess not to share his identity after he was the victim of hate speech. >> i was shocked. i was like, wow this is unusual for this neighborhood. >> reporter: photo show what was written on the car on sunday morning, tag with big black letters that read, expletive, you, the and word.. it shows more graff

according to at least the farm bureau and i think usda, chinese agricultural purchases are off phase as much as 61%. i know you dispute those numbers. but that's what we're hearing from our farmers and ranchers, that's what we're hearing from the farm bureau and usda. i'm interested to hear your thoughts about why you dispute that because of their sense that china is not living up to the deal, farm groups asked the administration to stick with the china deal and make sure china holds up its end of the bargain. i'm really interested in how you expect to hold china accountable without sacrificing our agricultural market if they fail to fulfill their obligations and if they do, how will we know and will you be transparent about it with the american people, and how are you going to force the terms of this agreement in a way that doesn't boomerang on our farmers and how quickly do you think our farmers and ranchers could expect a remedy if you decide that china is not complying with the terms of the deal? >> thank you. thank you, senator. i appreciate the question. i would say, first of a

. >>> a new study by the state farm bureau finds a california agriculture industry could lose more than $8 billion, due to the covid-19 pandemic. already, the losses top $2 billion. a dairy farm suffered the biggest loss, followed by grapes and flower nurseries, all due to the shutdown of restaurants and food services. on wall street, we are seeing stocks drop as covid-19 case counts rise by records in some states, and hearing california. dow jones is down by more than 1 1/2%, s&p 500, down by about two thirds of a percent. nasdaq down by one quarter of a percent. >>> gasia, as we go to steve, steve is already predicting, gasia , you should like this morning's temperatures. >> i don't think it's that bad in the afternoon either, is it, gasia ? >> is nice about all year round. >> i agree. 90s, and a wind, now we are settling into this pattern. big thunderstorms fired up, yesterday, hail at kirkwood, if you know anybody out that way, there is a picture on twitter for you to see. the fog is there, but for inland temps it is still a hot week. it will continue all the way into friday. it doe

and r8 is two seasons -- there are eight petitions, and you filed his petition with the american farm bureau and the association of equipment manufacturers. what i like to ask is can you speak to the impact of this order this would have on your members and on the construction industry? >> thank you, senator. the transportation construction industry is using more new innovative equipment on job sites from past survey into utilities, , grading control, enhanced material applications. this equipment uses gps. the legato proposal network show significant interference with gps and other signals likely. and interference would be disruptive on job sites and contribute and jeopardize the safety and will most surely cause project delays. currently there's over 900 million gps receivers nationwide and 99% of those operated by the private sector. none of which will become state under this order. even more concerning if you look at the job site level, when did you have interference, the fcc order is to direct you to 1-800 number. it seems the logical that you would have construction workers not realizin

and you file this petition with the american farm bureau and the association of equipment manufacturers. what i like to ask you is anything to the impact of this order that it would have on your report members and the construction industry. >> thank you senator. the transportation construction industry is using more new innovative equipment on job sites from past survey to utilities, grading control, enhanced material applications of this uses gps. the legato proposal network shows significant interference with gps and other signals likely and an interference would be disruptive on job sites and contribute to and jeopardize the safety and will most surely cause project delays. currently there's over 900 million gpsreceivers nationwide, 99 percent of those are operated by the private sector , none of which will be compensated under this order. even more concerning if you look at the job site level, when you do have interference , the sec order to direct you to a one 800 number. it seems illogical that you would have construction workers not realizing where their interference is coming fr

read and then i'll -- i'm going to ask unanimous consent to put this in the record from the iowa farm bureau federation newspaper called "the spokesman." it started in 2010. now -- so 2020, this finally ends, maybe in a way where one division of the u.s. department of agriculture called the national appeals division, because of their decision, mr. wilke will have an opportunity to be reimbursed for tens of thousands of dollars of legal fees incurred while fighting for fair treatment. i ask unanimous consent. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: so he finally gets justice. but just think the life of mr. wilke for the ten years that the u.s. department of agriculture and that agency told mr. wilke he could not farm his land the wait he wanted to and put in the tile system the way he he wanted to. you can see how they overstepped their bounds and how it hurt this farmer. i want to give you another example of government overreach. it was the obama-era regulations called waters of the united states, wotus. so most of you people know that as wat t-u.s. or woe-tus. the e.p.a. reg

one bureau agent reported that several groups of refugees hired out to labor for wages arrived on farms infected with smallpox and other infectious diseases. volunteers from the bureau set out to provide rations and investigate their condition further. agents made their way to d, l, and u streets, were black families had erected shanties. the makeshift homes were far from sufficient in providing shelter in the bitter cold of february. communities of black families crammed in the alleys experienced harsh conditions even as agents provided these neighborhoods with relief when provisions became available. indeed, families huddled on virginia avenue, between first and second streets, or found in destitute condition at the beginning of winter, when many families were found in destitute condition. even though they resided in the district prior to the war, the y found their resources depleted by wartime conditions. mary johnson, a free black woman on the capital, lived on f street and bureau agents found her living in destitution despite the fact she had worked for the union military. freedom

bureau, this felt more than 20%. the outlook is murky, given the rising risk of u.s.-traded tensions re-ask elaine. told companies to pause purchases of u.s. farmrts to falling 1% fall imports fell more than 13%. haslinda: what challenges does china have? challenge isiggest that it will shrink in 2020. thisue is expected to drop year. that will be the first decline in at least two decades. that will be compounded even more by the tax breaks to help these firms that have been hit by the coronavirus crisis. tax revenues are usually used for general spending. scales as ase land support for money for infrastructure projects. seeing pressure on land sales revenue. if that falls, local government will have to cut spending. we have china due out with inflation and credit data later this week. what are we expecting? selina: a busy week ahead on the economic calendar. consumer price inflation is expected to have voted growth in may compared to april. they are getting lower gasoline prices. when it comes to those producer prices, we are expecting a deeper drop of 3.3% in the producer price index. with inflation being driven by weaker demand. for aggregat

roy, with your expertise, you know, looking at the bureau of labor statistics recent may jobs report, it found that the u.s. non-farm payroll employment increased by 2.5 million jobs last month, many of which include jobs in leisure and hospitality. i think somewhere around half were in hospitality and food service. if we continue to safely our economy, can we expect to see more promising job numbers going forward? >> i hope so. i hope and expect so, yes, sir. >> yeah, i would also think that, you know, as we talk about what groups of individuals have been hit hardest by this, the fact that the hospitality industry is seeing most of this, that we would see more people getting back to work maybe that needs the jobs and have been unable to work for so long. >> mr. keller, in my written testimony -- and i talked about this in my opening statement as well -- the data is quite strong on this point that minority workers, disproportionately hourly wage workers, the disparity between white and non-white employment has widen substantially because of the lockdowns. if we want to narrow those disparities, we should reopen the

the bureau of labor statistics announced on june 5, encouraging sensor jobs and the economy. the non- farm payrolls limit rest like to have million in may and the unappointed rate declined to 15.3 percent. according to the report, these improvements in the labor market reflected the limited economic activity that have been curtailed in march and april due to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to contain it. title iv of the act provided a 500 billion-dollar infusion to this exchange is stable and efficient fund up to 454 million of which can be used for support federal reserve emergency facility. such as the main street living facilities in the municipal lending facility. the fed has set up funded by under and outside of the cares act. there is evidence that the mere announcement of some of those facilities has had a positive and stabilizing effect on markets. even before they had become fully operational. a rarity positive effect is welcomed getting them fully operational ensures that they achieve their full effect. the federal reserve recently announced positive changes to the term shee