Articles Tagged with ''Federal Maritime Commission''

Daybreak March 25: Senate leaders eye expedited route for OSRA

03/25/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Garrett Downs, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

Senate leaders are testing the waters to see if they can bring up the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and pass the bill relatively quickly.

Daybreak Aug. 11: Democrats, GOP tussle over stepped-up basis

08/11/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Spencer Chase

Senate Republicans have forced Democrats to go on the record as protecting existing tax benefits when it comes to transferring farm assets from one generation to the next.

Daybreak July 9: Vilsack making new announcement on competition

07/09/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Annie Deckey, and Steve Davies

President Biden is expected to sign his executive order today addressing concentration in agribusiness, transportation and other sectors. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to promote the White House initiative.

Lawmakers seek to get ag exports back on ships

06/23/21 6:31 AM By Bill Tomson

American ag exporters have been finding it increasingly difficult to get their commodities into containers and onto ships as Chinese companies and international shippers monopolize ocean transportation, but lawmakers are hoping to alleviate the situation with new legislation.

Daybreak June 16: Vilsack promises action on processing

06/16/21 10:00 AM By Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Annie Deckey

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is making it increasingly clear that he’s going to make it a priority to challenge the market power of big food processors and ag input suppliers. How far he ultimately goes remains to be seen. But he’s getting plenty of encouragement from both sides of Capitol Hill.

The big export backlog: US ag products stack up at Western ports

04/14/21 6:33 AM By Bill Tomson and Amy Mayer

Some ag exporters have complained that they can’t get their products into containers or that the filled containers are sitting at port, incurring fees and risking spoilage, because shippers are sending empty containers back to Asia so they can be filled with imports and sent back to the U.S. as fast as possible.

Daybreak April 7: Cabinet members trying to sell infrastructure plan

04/07/21 5:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan is vague about a lot of details, including how $17 billion for waterways would be spent. But Tracy Zea of the Waterways Council tells Agri-Pulse that he expects at least $3 billion to be available for inland waterway projects. That could pay for replacing two sets of aging locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system, he said.

Concern grows over problems with shipping U.S. ag exports

03/10/21 7:15 AM By Sara Wyant

Over 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives are raising concerns about bottlenecks, delays and increasing fees at U.S. ports and the ability for agricultural exports to be competitive.

Investigation into shipping container hoarding gains steam

02/22/21 11:05 AM By Brad Hooker

The Federal Maritime Commission has been investigating a practice by marine operators at ports to stockpile empty containers during a shortage of outgoing containers.

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04.26.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 26, 2024: USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt on bird flu, competition

USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt oversees the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She joins us to discuss the latest on the bird flu outbreak and how USDA is responding.

Then, Michael Dykes with the International Dairy Foods Association and Fred Gingrich with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners join to chat more about the impact the bird flu has had on the dairy industry.

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