Chuck Abbott

Title: Contributing editor
Resides: Arlington, Va.
Hometown: Fulton, Ill.
Education: Sangamon State University
Expertise: U.S. food and agriculture policy
Twitter: @chuckabbott1

Summary
Editor of the daily electronic newsletter Ag Insider published by the Food and Environment Reporting Network and contributor to agriculture.com.

Experience
The slow-talking son of an Illinois farm family, I have covered U.S. food and agriculture policy in its many forms since 1988, from farm bills (six so far) and crop insurance reform to school lunch, ag research, biofuels and the Dietary Guidelines.

Education
Master's degree in Public Affairs Reporting, Sangamon State University; bachelor's degree in political science, Western Illinois University

Articles authored by Chuck Abbott

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Debbie Stabenow

Nutrition, conservation advocate Stabenow to retire in two years

Senate Agriculture chair Debbie Stabenow said on Thursday that she would retire from the Senate in two years — enough time to enact another farm bill.

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A farmer holding money while sitting at a picnic table.

Plan for prolonged period of higher interest rates, analysts tell farmers

The highest interest rates in years will complicate farm finances, and operators should expect higher rates to persist for several years as part of efforts to quash inflation.

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A farmer leans against a fencepost, looking at the herd of cattle grazing in the distance

After year-end surge, farmers’ financial confidence wavers

Strong harvest-time commodity prices pushed farmer confidence to its highest level in 16 months, said a Purdue University poll of large operators released on Tuesday.

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A wetland in Indiana

Biden administration defines upstream reach of clean water laws

Stepping ahead of a pending Supreme Court ruling, the Biden administration spelled out through a new regulation the upstream reach of water pollution laws.

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A wide shot of Congress

The ‘four corners’ of ag policy are back for the farm bill

House Democrats elected Georgia Rep. David Scott as their leader on the Agriculture Committee on Thursday for the congressional session that begins on Jan. 3.

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U.S. shrugs at Mexico claim of accord on GMO corn

Biden administration officials refused to say more than that they were studying potential resolutions to a blossoming dispute over GMO corn exports on Wednesday.

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