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Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are proposing to raise Price Loss Coverage reference prices by 10% to 20% depending on the commodity, while also providing increased income protection to growers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program and crop insurance, according to a section-by-section summary released Friday.

USDA on Friday projected higher ending stocks for major row crops that will be harvested this year.

The Agriculture Department is making a wide range of resources available to dairy farmers whose herds are affected by avian flu, including reimbursing them for the cost of personal protective equipment and development of biosecurity plans, in part to gather more information about farmworker health.

There’s a big push this year to bolster the farm safety net by raising premium subsidies for high levels of area insurance coverage, and the idea has gotten traction in both the House and Senate.

The avian flu outbreak has been “all-consuming” for the Food and Drug Administration, which is concerned about the possibility that the virus could mutate and spread to humans, says Jim Jones, the agency's deputy commissioner for human foods.

Two scientists who led efforts to create a storage vault holding more than a million seed samples have been named the 2024 World Food Prize Laureates.

The Senate has advanced a bill that would reauthorize a slate of conservation grant programs that fund Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, assistance for producers that lose livestock to endangered predators, and wetlands conservation projects.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan faced skepticism from Republican senators Wednesday about the potential for power generators to use carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.                                                                                      

USDA, EPA and FDA announced a joint plan Wednesday that lays out steps the agencies are taking to further streamline the regulation of genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms.