Articles Tagged with ''appropriations''

Moran addresses busy congressional calendar

01/26/24 3:23 PM By Hannah Pagel

A Senate ag appropriator says Congress needs to sort through government funding, immigration and farm policy in short order.

Ag industry leaders looking to appropriations process for farm bill clues

06/30/23 4:21 PM By Jana Rose Schleis

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A handful of farm policy lobbyists say the debate to fund the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration could offer them insight into how the politics of Capitol Hill might shape the farm bill reauthorization process.

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WIC fruit and vegetable benefits targeted in fiscal debate

06/21/23 6:15 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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House Republicans are trying to roll back an increase in fruit and vegetable benefits for women and kids participating in the WIC nutrition program, which has long had strong bipartisan support.

GOP appropriators advance FY24 spending bill for USDA, FDA amid Democratic outrage

05/18/23 12:12 PM By Philip Brasher

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Republicans on the House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday advanced a fiscal 2024 spending bill for USDA and FDA over Democratic accusations that it was a “sham proposal” that relied on funding rescissions that were unlikely to materialize in time.

USTR defends China tariffs as leverage

06/22/22 3:12 PM By Bill Tomson

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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai argued against lifting tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods Wednesday, saying it would not do much to ease inflation and would remove key leverage she has in negotiations with China.

WFP: Ukraine faces economic crisis and world hunger will worsen if war persists

05/11/22 6:14 PM By Bill Tomson

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Ukrainian farmers will begin harvesting millions of acres of winter wheat in July, but if Ukraine is unable to export it, the country’s economy will likely collapse and the hundreds of millions of people that depend on receiving that grain will suffer even worse than they are now, United Nations World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley said Wednesday.

Senators ask for increase in APHIS funding to fight growing avian influenza outbreak

05/11/22 6:08 AM By Noah Wicks

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A group of eleven senators from both parties are calling for additional funding to fight the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 37.5 million birds across 34 states.

House passes FY22 spending bill bolstering ag research, enforcement agencies

07/29/21 3:10 PM

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The House on Thursday passed a package of seven fiscal 2022 spending bills that would provide significant increases for climate measures and agricultural research while also beefing up agencies that enforce environmental and labor regulations.

Congress pushes EPA to address nutrient pollution, pesticides

01/13/21 6:20 AM By Steve Davies

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EPA’s spending bill approved last month continued to fund the agency at a level well above the Trump administration’s request, providing $9.24 billion for fiscal 2021, just $180 million above fiscal 2020 but 29% higher than what the administration asked for.

Relief bill increases SNAP benefits, approps boosts research

01/06/21 6:40 AM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

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The Agriculture Department is working to get some new coronavirus relief assistance to farmers as soon as possible, but much of the work may not be completed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in two weeks.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Undersecretary Brashears: NWS isn't a food safety risk; Puglia on USMCA

Seven cases of New World screwworm have been detected on U.S. soil. USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety Mindy Brashears says the Food Safety Inspection Service's 7,000 inspectors are “leading the animal health charge” in the fight against New World screwworm.

Western Growers Association President and CEO Dave Puglia discusses the importance of renewing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. On the panel, Phillip Kauffman with Texas A&M University and Ron Phillips with the Animal Health Institute discuss New World screwworm.

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