Washington Report for 7-3-17

By Steve Kopperud

Read this week's headlines below.

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• Congress Recesses for July 4, August Recess Up in the Air
• FY2018 Ag Spending Bill OK’d by House Subcommittee; Cuts Aplenty, but not Trump Cuts
• Conaway Works Budget Magic Limiting Ag Cuts, Calls Heritage Claim He Blocked Resolution “Absurd”
• USDA Names “Commission” on Reorganization: Politico
• White House Makes First Formal Move to Kill WOTUS
• Ag Groups Slam Trump for Not Naming Subcabinet
• PRIA Bill Approved by Senate Agriculture Committee  
• Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Giancarlo Nomination
• President Gets Agro-Terrorism Bill
• Ag Senators Introduce Equipment, Machinery Depreciation Bill
• NAFTA Notes
  • Ag Makes Big Showing at NAFTA Public Hearings
  • Cross-border Trucking Concerns Reemerge
  • Canadian Leaders Tell Western Governors Concerns
• USDA Authorizes Emergency Grazing in Three States
• Syngenta Ordered to Pay Kansas Farmers $217.7 Million in Damages China Export Losses
• California to List Glyphosate as Under Prop 65