the farmers association executives benefit substantially from their ties to corporations that sell farmers the products and services they need and the farmers pay for all that with the money they get from e.u. subsidies. so the association has a vested interest in keeping this subsidy system just the way it is. over several decades the farmers association has built up a sophisticated lobbying network that allows them to influence the political decision making process earnings public opinion as well in my experience than it has actual time for something. it seems as though the association will not be supporting subsidy reform any time soon can the e.u. do anything to help we've come to the european parliament in brussels to attend a session of the agriculture committee the members are due to vote on a proposal to cut some of the farm subsidies. perhaps some of the money would be better spent to promote farming methods that help to protect the environment a majority of the committee members belong to the conservative people's party group . germany's alba dest has been the party spokesman on

god bless our farmers for sticking in there. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i now recognize the gentleman from georgia, mr. allen, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i want to thank all of you for being here today and sharing a little bit. i just wanted to thank you, congressman scott, to kind of piggyback on some of the things that he was talking about. but obviously because of the fiasco in 2008 the banks have been heavily regulated. that has had a huge impact on farm credit now. i can tell you. i've -- had a meeting with lenders the other day, they're also being stared down by the federal government, but they are -- they have said and promised me that they were going do their best to fund a crop obviously with the disaster issue -- and it needs to be severaled, and it needed -- solved, and it needed to be solved yesterday. when i came to congress in 2000 -- 2014, ariana grang income wa from the farm bill that was written. that was in 2014. in 2016, secretary purdue sat right there where y'all are, and i asked what do we do about

farmers. they also talked about the us- mexico canada trade agreement and potential trade deals with other countries. the hearing is one hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. i call this meeting in the senate committee on agriculture forestry to order. the ambassador doud, mckinney and johansen we are happy to have you back again for the committee to discuss the need for certainty and our global agriculture markets. international trade policies and their impacts on the united states agricultural economy. has been a topic of great interest over the last few years. and more particularly the last few months. in fact, it is the second time in the last year we are hearing about the efforts being made at the office of the united states trade representative and the department of agriculture. i hope eventually it will result in a long-term, reliable markets for the united states agriculture. a great deal has happened in the nine months since you all appeared before this committee perhaps the most sign

the digital platform has helped the farmers to increase that income by about 25 percent. if i may go to minimum walk as far as i want to sell at fair market prices and if i was fair market prices would too good with money to be able to tickle your family or to even reinvest a portion of your farm through joshua tangere is not worried that he now depends on a virtual broker for him the benefits of very real. in our next report we take a trip to a german junkyard it might look a bit different from junkyards in nigeria well here it's a place where people try to recycle. as much as possible some german cities forcing bans on diesel vehicles under government has been paying a premium on scrapped diesel cause that means that there are some wonderful auto parts to be had let's go with. 70000 square meters of metal waiting to be scrapped the more than 2 and a half 1000 cars here have been discarded by their owners like this volkswagen the owner of the passat diesel is here to scrap it. in the aftermath the v.w. use diesel emissions scandal because secondhand value has dropped to

its german farmers day and be spotted the annual conference of the german farmers association . the event demonstrates how much of farming in germany works it's a large scale industry led by risk adverse interest groups. the delegates insist they're open minded about organic farming but they're also quick to stress that it's a tricky market. been fighting for much of what of india it would obviously if we don't find sellers in the organic farming sector tells us that it prefers organic grain imported from ukraine then we need to take that into account we're not operating in a vacuum. market exists and it will continue to grow but a centrally planned 100 percent switch to organic farming just doesn't make sense. kinds of. judging by the mood at the farmers general assembly organic farming has little chance of flourishing the association carefully. cultivates its time is to the chemicals industry one of the world's largest pesticide manufacturers is among the event sponsors. and yet among german farmers there are many opponents of conventional methods here in the oil to slant regi

pig farmers. all our iowa farmers want the free markets. they do. when can iowa farmers really expect some of the normalization in our markets? >> senator, thank you for your question, and there's no question that this african swine fever issue is truly remarkable in terms of its global implications. i would just simply say that with regard to pork exports to china, our biggest hurdle is the structural issue of their ban on ractopamin, it's something that has been internationally accepted, maximum residue level internationally. everybody in the world uses it with a couple of exceptions here and there, but china doesn't. we have spent hours talking about this. i would also point, just quickly make the point, in terms of certainty, the first thing we can do is pass usmca, then from there we work on japan and china and get these things done and in terms of historical issues, i would say that there has been work on china historically and we just recently won two of the biggest wto cases in the history of agriculture against china. >> well, and i appreci

close to 10000 farmers for this from the platform. before that they were making less money now i would trade has helped them to increase their income tremendously so the farmers they love us you. back in caroming agro center agents are visiting the village they're here to teach the farmers not only how to use the check market prices but also how to maximize their output environment we give elian sees and will make sure that we take them through all the activities that they need to know and hire you for your goals. we realize that most families do a lot of trial and in production and also when they got their green. libby didn't pay much attention to rate care little about where to top $8.00 how to drive 8. and because of that they ran into spoilage and they don't get that market. she's the agents create profiles of interested farmers what they farm how much they produce the company was founded in 2016 now agra center operates in 15 communities in 4 different regions in the nearby town of bulger tangere the startup has an office where t

it's german farmers day in the spot in the annual conference of the german farmers association . the event demonstrates how much of farming in germany works it's a large scale industry led by risk adverse interest groups. the delegates insist they're open minded about organic farming but they're also quick to stress that it's a tricky market. when vo fine and from out of it would have been if we don't find sellers in the organic farming sector tells us that it prefers organic grain imported from ukraine then we need to take that into account we're not operating in a vacuum the market exists and it will continue to grow but a centrally planned 100 percent switch to organic farming just doesn't make sense. because it. judging by the mood at the farmers general assembly organic farming has little chance of flourishing the association carefully cultivates its ties to the chemicals industry one of the world's largest pesticide manufacturers is among the event sponsors. and yet among germ. farmers there are many opponents of conventional methods here in the all to slant region north of

they have around $60000.00 farmers in their association. so we're starting out with a good little base. in 2017 yvonne sunny i was made and night of italy's order of merit. he was awarded the owner by a talian president. that his commitment to human rights and his efforts to expose mafia like structures in farming. that was a grandiose moment in my life. a unique moment because i received this honor from a country that was not my own i'm not a talian i'm cameroonian for the moment. and receiving this prize from a country that is not my own makes me very happy. though. in 2017 yvonne also became a father it was a good idea but it was overshadowed by death threats his enemies knew that yvonne was determined to take them to court to the highest court in the country if need be . the fia weighs heavily on his wife or on ika. i mean actually if you will that all. 3 point you were 13 ok last threats are unfortunately a sign of how well he's doing his work. how much he's disturbing the interests of the big players. and that's very disturbing to us

they're supposed to work to boost the business of the farmers and politicians. but no one sees them as people. that's literally welcome to italy. caesium you get the migrants who live in the camps are completely controlled by the people known as. they are a kind of mafia. when the farmers need workers for the fields they call the cop i lay on the phone. when a cop but ali abuse this position of power to exploit and control the immigrants and they live side by side with them in their evil of it ready. the a purely on basilica to regions of suck initially a known as the country's vegetable gardens a purely alone produces a 3rd of tomato harvest in the remote areas around the fields we find the so-called ghettos. the. entire shanty towns have grown up here. also show you will need a hidden camera in the fields put down your big camera. and. look up without a name but. probably don't want cameras. be fair because that would mean people could see their illegal business. lazy mcgrane of the immigrants don't like them because they don't want to be seen in the ghettos t

pass by that i had noticed here is that these farmers have a different mentality. understand that they're part of nature. or might be something to do with their fates but they respect nature. and i was decent and because of that they can't really imagine using agro toxin eyes and artificial fertilisers dillard's as it's. chemical free farming in a vision that seacom is making reality. here at another research institute staff and farmers have gathered to meet the man who led sea km's reinvention as a model organic state pub uncharming was india's longest serving chief minister and he is the son of farmers and travels regularly through the state drumming up support for his mission. good group of the. community chris waiting farmers to dispense with pesticides and artificial fertilisers wasn't easy at 1st for more than 40 years conventional farming was the norm here as it is across the rest of the country. their pov on chumming is playing the long game it was very hot. the. used to say. part of most it was the. habit and a way of thinking this is a very difficult. but

a farmers sign up to a new environmental scheme.p to a new environmental schemelj that only a farmers sign up to a new environmental scheme. i think it could be a shakeup of the industry, i think it could be more and more consolidation which is less attention to detail and attention to the wildlife and the environment which we are so passionate about. and farms and farmers disappearing? inevitably, inevitably. in total, uk farmers received £3.5 billion in payments in 2018. after we leave the eu, the government will switch to the environmental land management scheme. it places a much greater emphasis on the environment. the aim is to sign up 82,000 farms by 2028. in the government spending watchdog has warned some may turn their back on the industry. labourfarmers could go out of business as a result. at this stage, it is inevitable there is some risk of that because at the moment we don't know the details of the scheme, we don't know what outcomes government is going to pay for, much they are going to pay. the government says the ag

will pass on the techniques to up to 50 other farmers. know is there space here such that they will be. here. so there is not if you switch. but charcoal this is a coffee region and southern kenya here a local cooperative operates a model coffee plantation but climate change brings challenges like disease drought or too much rain and this is causing yields to fall the climate academy is visiting today and wants to help the farmers adjust the program is funded by the fair trade foundation pruning is just one way the farmers can become more successful again. we have nutrient applications deciples to play new. nutrients we drink. because nutrient is well. despite tips on cultivation many farmers find it difficult to live just from growing coffee through the climate academy they aren't micro credits and gain expertise on how to generate more income be that through aquaculture. or beekeeping. but coffee remains the main source of income in the area the cooperative still processes its members harvests and helps marketing it collaborates with th

for the cabinet but i wanted the farmers in the cabinet room because i like the farmers.y said we don't want subsidies. i said what do you mean? they said we don't want subsidies. everybody is coming in here looking for whatever they can get. we don't want subsidies. to this day that's never happened before. they didn't want that. they just wanted a level playing field. they said give us a level playing field that nobody can beat us at what we do. i thought it was one of the most beautiful things. in the meantime term targeted by china. i went to sonny perdue and said how much has china spent, let's say in just about the biggest year. he said $16 billion, sir. i said here's what i'm doing. i'm giving our farmers $16 billion out of the tariff which is frankly are much more than that. i shouldn't say that because they'll ask for more. but they are. the tariffs are far more than that. and a lot of companies -- companies are leaving china now because they want to go to a non-tariffed country. some of those countries are coming here. it's been incredible. we're taking in billi

farmers do not want help. somebody saying the president is paying them off, that is true, i do not know one farmer who would not rather have a market than that money because they understand that market when sustainable will sustain american agriculture. host: our guests are members of the one country project. go to website for the research and what they say to rural voters. heidi heitkamp the former, u.s. senator from 2013-2019 and j.d. scholten of working hero >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, and roman, from the national alliance to end homelessness, discusses living on the streets in the u.s. adam harris talks about his piece on the college graduation gap between people living in rural and urban areas in the u.s. centennial institute director talk aboutoins us to the conservatism in the u.s. and western conservatives summit. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> robert

farmers do not want help. somebody saying the president is paying them off, that is true, i do not know one farmer who would not rather have a market than that money because they understand that market when sustainable will sustain american agriculture. host: our guests are members of the one country project. go to website for the research and what they say to rural voters. heidi heitkamp the former, u.s. senator from 2013-2019 and j.d. scholten of working hero >> the house is taking a recess for a closed door briefing from director of national intelligence dan coats. when they return we're expecting debate on five bills dealing with changes to employment based on immigration, mental health programs for police officers, and a bill that would remove gender references to the president in the u.s. code. taking out references to the president as he and removing references to the president's spouse as a wife. after debating those bills, the house will vote on them and vote on the rule for the $733 billion defense p

many farmers in africa still in. cultivation one frequent problem is a habit that awful scene changes in the weather the harvests can anything be done about it. that's a good question mt but if for instance you could dry the grain you've grown directly on the fields sometimes a harvest could be saved that might otherwise be a total loss one company in germany is providing the right tools and techniques to do it. it's a very simple piece of equipment that's called free morongo and carline appreciate just how useful it can be for smallholder farmers. there are no grains he said to me over the greens and you can also see that we don't have breakage is because there's a pretty good fit enough to come in from to produce it especially for the african market where cereals are still often fresh the way they were in germany 50 or 60 years ago which means a lot is wasted if you use this you waste far less. for those through no food enough that comes from. karl-heinz claude grew up on a farm and has spent much of his working li

the farmer's entire livelihood lies in these fields suffer on. just one gram of the red spice can earn him up to a euro then saeed's family has financed their solar powered system with a crop of. solar power is expensive and we don't have much money. but we hope this panel will improve our lives. the moment of truth has almost come joe that runs the battery cables into the house and screws in the light bulb well for all. it's an exciting moment for the entire family for the 1st time ever the house has artificial lighting. this is great i could never see at night sometimes cockroaches crept into the cooking pot with so happy now. you can't imagine what a great feeling it is to see how pleased people are evil and and i imagine that. this evening and had to rot the lights are on for the 1st time for the ben so huge family it's a dream come true. the next morning joe wood and his colleague make their way home they're heading to the city of was in the south of morocco. it's strategically placed on the edge of the sahara and is known as the doorway to

also want to show germany records its hottest day ever farmers are bracing for for a harvest. and when in rome recycle the romans through the city is testing out a new ecology bonus for train commuters. this is the business i'm on in berlin welcome we begin in the tech world where 2 of its biggest names have presented their figures for the quarter that ended in june alphabet of the company that owns tech giant google reported quarterly profits tripling to $9900000000.00 the figures beat most analysts expectations and came from higher advertising spend on searches and on you tube. on 2nd quarter profits were up 3.6 percent to $2600000000.00. flocked to its one day delivery scheme. our markets correspondent has said louise the joins us now from wall st louis so to talk heavyweights too closely watched quarterly results what stood out to you. a couple of things said you know it's a case that not only did company b. don't revenue on earnings per share but had even lowered costs leads to where expecting this represents the payments a google makes it to companies like apple for exam

our farmers.asked our great secretary of agriculture, sony perdue what kind of number are you talking about what have they left. >> he said $$16 billion taken off the table. i said that's okay. we've taken in many times that in tariffs. so i'm gichg the farmers we're going to help them out because they are great patriots. we are giving them $$16 billion. that's been approved. i approved it. so our farmers didn't lose anything by the fact that china targeted our farmers. they targeted the farmers. they said you know, president trump did great with the farmers. the farmers love him and he loves them. so we'll hurt the farmers. well, the farmers are patriots. i had not had one farmer say please make a fastest deal, sir. the biggest beneficiary will be the farmers. but the $16 billion that wasn't spent we're putting back into the farm and ag systems and the farmers are thrilled. i must tell you that. and we're taking the toughest ever action to confront china's chronic trade abuse. we are they were do

many farmers in africa still employed. one frequent problem is a hobby changes in the weather on the harvest can anything be done about it. that's a good question auntie but if for instance you could drive the grain you've grown directly on the fields sometimes a harvest could be saved that might otherwise be a total loss one company in germany is providing the rights to take needs to do it . it's a very simple piece of equipment. and. appreciate just how useful it can be for a small hole to fall. there are no grains he said to me over the greens and you can also see that we don't have bridges there's pretty healthy enough to come in from produce it especially for the african market where cereals are still often fresh the way they were in germany 50 or 60 years ago which means a lot is wasted if you use this he waste far less. for those 2 and no fruit enough to come from. karl-heinz claude grew up on a farm and has spent much of his working life making machinery for post-harvest processing of crops these days he spends a l

so we'll hurt the farmers. well, the farmers are patriots.adn't had one farmer say, please make a fast deal, sir. please make a fast deal. the biggest beneficiary will be the farmers. but the $16 billion that wasn't spent, we're putting back into the farm and ag system and the farmers are thrilled. i must tell that you. [applause] and we're taking the toughest ever action to confront china's chronic trade abuse. they were doing numbers at us for many years. i watched sleepy joe biden the other day talking about china. we would fight china on trade. he didn't do it. he's been there for like 45 years. and he didn't do it in eight years because they ate our lunch during the obama administration. it was only recently that, well, i mean, recently. but lots of warnings for the last period of time. and then you have statutory constraints where you can only go here, here, here. and we did that right at the beginning. and now they're paying a very big price and hopefully we'll see what happens. we're going to have good relationships with china. presid

day they have restrictions on farmers environmental restrictions on farmers all around europe how we have to farm in an environmental way. and then suddenly they will do as you would a country that absolutely floats stuff. part of the deal in those opening e.u. markets so in 100-9000 tons of south american beef every year. if you were not able to take this stuff days after talking about bringing down the price of beef by flooding the market with cheap markets liking what do you got in ireland and other european countries like france farmers are the predominant voice against the you meccas who are agreement in particular its controversial agricultural quotas however brussels says the pact with the south american bloc will save european companies over $4000000000.00 euros in tariffs every year. a barbie girl in a barbie world isn't what it used to be a manufacturer mattel is hoping to encourage more girls to expand their horizons and consider careers in the space industry so they created a new doll that looks like astronaut. christopher reddy the 42 year old was the 1st italian woman i

the farmers there are very capable.creates is competition and there could be long term structural damage even if in the short term we get some relief as a result of the negotiations. kristina: thank you for joining us. the other fbn. okay. >> thank you. appreciate it. kristina: let's take a look at the big board. the dow trading about 58 points lower as we head into the close. elon, we love talking about elon musk, is clearing a major pothole with tesla's second quarter delivery numbers but dan ives is warning the ride ahead is anything but smooth. the tech insider heading into our set right now. he's doing that nice strut down the hallway. the sinkholes he still sees in tesla's road. plus his latest call on uber's lyft -- uber/lyft race. that's going to be next. "countdown" will be right back. r to invest in all the things that move us forward. every day, invesco combines ideas with technology, data with inspiration, investors with solutions. because the possibilities of life and investing are greater when we come toge