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President Trump's Promises to America’s Farmers

How will President Trump's pledge to remove illegal immigrants and create jobs for Americans impact America's agricultural heartlands?

How will President Trump's pledge to remove illegal immigrants and create jobs for Americans impact America's agricultural heartlands? Owen Bennett Jones and his guests are in the rural American state of Nebraska to discuss whether Mr Trump's trade policies could in fact hurt farming communities rather than help them.

Photo: Nebraska cattle farmer. Credit: Getty Images

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Sat 8 Apr 201711:06GMT
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Grant Gerlock - News reporter and producer for NET News in Nebraska and Harvest

Public Media, covering agriculture and health.

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Jessica Hermann - Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs at Nebraska Cattlemen

Jeanne Crumly - Retired educator and rancher

Jordan Dux - Director of National Affairs for Nebraska Farm Bureau

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  • Fri 7 Apr 201708:06GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet
  • Fri 7 Apr 201717:06GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia
  • Fri 7 Apr 201723:06GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet
  • Sat 8 Apr 201703:06GMT
    BBC World Service except Australasia & News Internet
  • Sat 8 Apr 201711:06GMT
    BBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa

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