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        <title><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga - Former News Correspondent]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[American Farmland's Massive Shift Away From Diversity]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Corn goes west, soy rises and wheat recedes.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Hoffman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 23:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hunger in U.S. Falls to Lowest in More Than a Decade]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The number of people facing hunger in the U.S. declined 2.8 percent last year to the lowest since 2007 as unemployment fell, a key data point as Congress debates changes to food-aid programs as part of farm legislation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:04:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Hunger Is at Lowest in a Decade]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:29:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Farm Trade Surplus to Shrink as Chinese Tariffs Bite]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:29:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[American Farmers Set to Get $4.7 Billion in First Round of Aid]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-08-27/farmers-to-get-4-7-billion-in-first-round-of-u-s-farm-aid</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[America’s Top Apple Is Now the Gala]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-23/red-delicious-apple-cedes-top-spot-to-gala-after-50-year-reign</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 21:52:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Will the World Eat in the Next Decade?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[India will eat more butter and drink more milk, while China’s appetite for pork is on the wane.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Hoffman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Farmland Values Hit a Record Despite Trade Fears]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe's Vow to Buy More U.S. Soy Won't Make Up for China Losses]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-07-26/europe-s-vow-to-buy-more-u-s-soy-won-t-make-up-for-china-losses</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farm Aid Will Be Temporary Even in Extended Trade War, Ag Secretary Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Republicans Pan Trump’s $12 Billion Farm Aid Plan]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-07-24/trump-administration-said-to-ready-plan-for-trade-struck-farmers</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:22:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Food-Stamp Use Is Still at Recession-Era Levels Despite Job Gains]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-07-19/food-stamp-use-still-above-recession-era-despite-u-s-job-gains</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Reade Pickert]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As Cost of Trade War Grows, Farmers Stick With Trump—for Now]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-07-17/as-cost-of-trade-war-grows-farmers-remain-with-trump-for-now</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Change Is Coming to How U.S. Reports Farming Data]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-12/why-change-is-coming-to-how-u-s-reports-farming-data-quicktake</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2018 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flash Boys on the Farm? Arms Race Is Unleashed Over Crop Data]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/flash-boys-on-the-farm-arms-race-gets-unleashed-over-crop-data</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:37:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump's Not Wrong on Soy Prices, But It's Not the Whole Picture]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/trump-s-not-wrong-on-soy-prices-but-it-s-not-the-whole-picture</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:52:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Soybean Acres to Top Corn for the First Time Since 1983]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-29/u-s-soybean-acres-to-top-corn-for-the-first-time-since-1983</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Senate Passes Farm Bill, Setting Up Food-Stamp Fight With House]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-06-28/senate-passes-farm-bill-opening-fight-with-house-on-food-stamps</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farm Bill Passes House as Critics Slam Food-Stamp Work Rules]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Hard red winter wheat is unloaded into a grain cart from a CNH Industrial New Holland combine harvester in Plainville, Kansas, U.S., on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Spring wheat prices posted wide swings after reaching a four-year high as traders weighed prospects for an intensifying drought in the High Plains against signs that U.S. supplies aren&apos;t competitive in export markets. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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