29 years later and according to the u. S. D. A. Economic Research Service in 2918. 00 net farm income fell to a 12 year low at just over 59000000000. 00 with a median foreign income of negative 1216. 00 negative. Which is why 4 made keeps going strong. This year the festival was held at the alpine valley music theater in east tri wisconsin deep in the heart of dairy country farm aid showcase some of the most innovative family farmers from around tired nation Whiskey River now rather a. Farm a president of 34 years Country Music icon Willie Nelson opened the festival well 1st of all im glad to see you saw him. But there is. A lot of help is needed and were glad to be here. All for support what are those challenges well one is pricing take Dairy Farmers for instance according to the u. S. D. A. Foods 2015 the price of milk paid to farmers has not only been going down but its also unpredictable from month to month making it hard for farmers to absorb that extra cost farm aid presented 1.
Also take a look at whats happening in the treasury market 10year is yielding 1. 816 counting zeros here four commons 12 zeros Google Parent Company alphabet now has 12 zeros, also four commas becoming the fourth u. S. Tech company to reach a 1 trillion valuation joining apple, microsoft and amazon, amazon has since dipped below that mark cramer last night talking about another member is microsoft. Weighing in on the controversy on apple and how much it should aid Law Enforcement by opening locked e locked iphones or maybe creating a backdoor for Law Enforcement you cannot be cool. You have to be cool on your own. You have to take pride on the digital capability you have built. No press release with us or anyone else will do it you will need to build your dig call capability and by the way trust. There is a conversation about privacy already. We have to engender the trust. You as retailers are the keepers of the most important data you have to build trust. Whether importance or privacy
Isaacson, and were expecting to break this afternoon so they can attend their caucus meetings. Now live here on the floor of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, be with us not only in great moments of experience but also during mundane and common tasks. Through the power of your spirit, may our senators mount up with wings like eagles, running without weariness and walking without fainting. Give them the wisdom to be patient with others, ever lenient to their faults and ever prompt to appreciate their virtues. Lord, rule in the hearts of our lawmakers, keeping them from sin and sustaining their loved ones in all of their tomorrows. Surround us all with the shield of your mercy as you provide us with a future and a hope, and blessings too numerous to be stored. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting
The currency is also higher but it has taken over the conversation and brazil. David he said brazil and argentina were devaluing their currency. What has the central bank been doing . Julia the central bank has been trying to pop up the currency. It has late due to several factors, including the dollar being strong worldwide. A lot of it is not tied to brazil. There was some disappointment in the oil option. There were a lot of factors behind it. Argentina had the election earlier in the year and have currency controls for a while. They are not doing anything. The central banker is speaking at a luncheon and has just reiterated that the brazilian is a Floating Exchange currency we only intervene when there is dysfunction. David give us a sense of how important steel exports are from brazil to the United States. Julia is one of the biggest export products between brazil and the u. S. , the secondbiggest, trailing only oil. In terms of civil exports as a whole, it is not a lot. Brazil ex
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