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Ag Secretary Discusses Tariffs And Wildfires

By • May 18, 2018

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Wyoming as part of a tour of the Mountain West. Secretary Perdue Wyoming Public Radio’s Bob Beck that he is getting a lot of feedback from producers over tariff and trade issues and how that might hurt Wyoming producers.

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