Articles Tagged with ''Deb Haaland''

BLM headquarters moving back to D.C. from Colorado

09/17/21 4:49 PM By Steve Davies

The Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters is moving back to Washington, D.C., from Grand Junction, Colo., the Interior Department announced Friday.

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USDA, Interior announce firefighter raises

08/18/21 5:20 AM 16337 By Spencer Chase

The Biden administration increasing pay for the government's wildland firefighters to ensure they all make at least $15 an hour.

Daybreak July 28: Broadband, NRCS staffing get boost

07/28/21 9:52 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

The House is close to finishing work on a seven-bill package of fiscal 2022 spending measures needed to fund USDA, EPA and other departments and agencies important to agriculture.

Biden beats Trump pace in filling key posts at regulatory agencies

07/28/21 6:40 AM By Steve Davies

The Biden administration has been filling positions relatively quickly at departments and agencies other than USDA that have regulatory authority over agriculture, while some of Donald Trump’s nominees to similar positions ran into troubles during the confirmation process.

Daybreak June 24: Amendment would reshape climate bill

06/24/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is expressing optimism that the Senate will pass the Growing Climate Solutions Act today. But the Senate will first debate an amendment by Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee that would weaken a critical provision of the legislation, which is intended to speed development of ag carbon markets.

Daybreak June 17: Vilsack's goal: Finish debt payments by end of 2021

06/17/21 10:00 AM By Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack are taking exception to the white farmers who are challenging a debt relief program for minority producers.

Biden conservation initiative garners mostly positive reviews

But Farm Bureau says plan still lacks details

05/06/21 1:32 PM By Steve Davies

Conservation groups praised the Biden administration’s first step in conserving 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030, but the nation’s largest farm group said the initiative still lacks specifics, and a key farm-state senator said he was worried about removing too much land from production.

Working ag lands figure large in Biden's 30x30 plan

05/06/21 10:15 AM By Steve Davies

Voluntary conservation efforts by farmers and ranchers play a central role in the Biden administration’s strategy for conserving 30% of the nation’s land and marine waters by 2030.

Daybreak May 6: 'America the Beautiful' plan aims to boost conservation

05/06/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

The Biden administration is finally putting some detail today on its 30-by-30 plan. The president’s call for conserving 30% of U.S. land by 2030 has been raising a lot of concern across the countryside that administration officials have been pushing back on for several weeks now.

Daybreak April 26: New tax proposals, spending on tap

04/26/21 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, and Ben Nuelle

President Joe Biden is expected to release a new round of spending proposals this week, plus the tax increases to pay for them. Farm groups have been raising concerns for weeks about those tax proposals in the expectation they will include either the elimination of stepped-up basis or a new “transfer” tax on inherited assets.

Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.

This week’s Open Mic guest is Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member John Boozman. The Arkansas Republican isn’t pleased with the process of budget reconciliation for the Build Back Better Plan now before Congress. Boozman questions not only the sum of funds but the lack of detail in how the agriculture dollars will be used. While stepped-up basis may be preserved with the plan in its current form, Boozman says that can quickly change and says lowering the minimum inheritance tax thresholds could have the same detrimental effect on the transfer of farms and small businesses to the next generation. Labor is still a top issue for agriculture, but he’s doubtful this Congress will embrace the challenge.

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Ahead of UN Food Systems Summit, US chicken more sustainable than ever before - Opinion

Chicken isn’t just a lean, mean, protein-packed menu option. It’s also green. So green that according to a previous American broiler life cycle assessment, producing the same amount of chicken in 2010 as in 1965 had 50 percent less environmental impact.

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Washington Week in Review: Sept. 16, 2021: NCBA's Danielle Beck reconciliation bill tax language

Several House committees moved their respective parts of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill this week, and the tax language was under the watchful eye of the country's farm groups. In this video, Danielle Beck with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association offers her take on what the bill looks like so far and what she'll be watching as the process continues to unfold.

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