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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A wide shot of Congress

Midterms are likely to scorch Biden climate agenda for agriculture

If Republicans control the House and Senate, they might refuse additional funding for climate programs at USDA, although the $20 billion would remain available.

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Three white turkeys in a yard

Bird flu losses near U.S. record with outbreak on Iowa egg farm

Avian influenza has created record losses as the largest U.S. animal health emergency causing egg prices to rise and tightened holiday turkey supplies.

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A barge going down the river.

Low water on Mississippi hits grain prices at the farm gate

Farmers in the Midwest and the mid-South are paying the price for low water on the Mississippi River in the form of lower cash bids for their corn and soybeans.

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Barge pulling into dock

A ‘pretty flat’ outlook for farm exports in 2023

After reaching a record high in 2022, U.S. farm exports will plateau amid a world of uncertainties, said the USDA chief economist on Tuesday.

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A tractor planting a field with markets overlayed

Black Sea shutdown imperils global food security into 2023 ‘and perhaps beyond’

Ukrainian farmers and food-importing nations in the Middle East and North Africa will feel the pain of the Russian interruption of grain exports through the Black Sea corridor.

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drought cracked soil

U.S. is driest in a decade, as drought moves eastward

More than six of every 10 acres in the continental United States is in drought, with arid conditions stretching from the Appalachians to the Pacific Coast.

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