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House majority could hinge on competitive ag districts

10/30/24 6:08 AM By Rebekah Alvey

The 2024 election is six days away. Several House districts that are represented by Ag Committee members or have significant agricultural production could be key to determining control of the chamber.

Farm Hands West: Anderson tapped as Chamber water issues advocate; American Floral Endowment elections; Duarte names new COS

08/28/24 7:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

The California Chamber of Commerce added Kristopher Anderson to staff as a water issues policy advocate. Anderson was most recently with the Association of California Water Agencies. The Napa County Farm Bureau hired Peter Rumble as CEO.

McHutchison and Vaughan’s Horticulture recently added three members to the sales team: Michelle Roman,Bob Steinlage, Angie Munroe. Wish Farms promoted James Peterson to chief operating officer. Russell Stokes joined Casper’s Ice Cream, a subsidiary of MidOcean Partners, as CEO.

Handful of agricultural districts could be key to House control

06/12/24 5:40 AM By Philip Brasher and Jake Zajkowski

Republican dominance of farm country has neared the point where only a handful of major agricultural districts are in play in this fall’s elections, but the GOP hold on the House is so tenuous that races for those seats could potentially determine which party wins control of the chamber.

Nebraska, Iowa congressional districts among nation's top 10 in ag production

05/15/24 4:32 PM By Noah Wicks

Republican House members from the Midwest and parts of California and Texas represented the nation's 10 top-selling districts for agricultural commodities in 2022, according to new data published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Farmers make up under 6% of Congress, report says

01/24/24 6:03 AM By Noah Wicks

Thirty-one lawmakers spend their time outside of the nation’s capitol farming, ranching or running cattle operations, according to a new Congressional Research Service report.

Jordan eases House aggies’ farm bill concerns in race for speakership

House Ag chair confident of bipartisan bill that protects SNAP

10/15/23 8:00 AM By Philip Brasher and Spencer Chase

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, is expressing confidence that he can still move a bipartisan farm bill after conversations with Rep. Jim Jordan, a long-time critic of farm policy who’s trying to win the House speakership.

Ag policy at stake in GOP’s House speaker fight

10/11/23 6:21 AM By Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, and Spencer Chase

The future of a new farm bill as well as spending on ag and nutrition programs are at stake as Republicans struggle to agree on a new House speaker this week.

Daybreak May 26: SCOTUS upends CWA regulation

05/26/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

Agri-Pulse Daybreak May 15: CBO cost estimates reinforce challenge facing lawmakers * Debt ceiling talks ‘moving along’ * Australian wheat crop down from last year

05/15/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

Agri-Pulse Daybreak May 12: Biden, committee leaders plan more talks

05/12/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Biden and leaders of the House and Senate Ag leaders discussed the farm bill for more than an hour Thursday evening and agreed to meet again in the “not-too-distant future.” That’s the word from the top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman of Arkansas.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Oct. 25, 2024: Sen. Peter Welch on farm bill, Harris-Walz presidency

Election day is less than two weeks away. Senate Ag Committee member Peter Welch, D-Vt., joined the show to discuss what a Harris-Walz presidency could mean for agriculture.

Then, American Farm Bureau Federation’s Joby Young and Jonathan Coppess from the University of Illinois discuss the possibility of a farm bill being passed this year and how a disaster aid package may be written to support farmers.

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