Articles Tagged with ''COVID-19 pandemic''

World is falling short on its zero hunger goal

07/24/24 1:28 PM By Rebekah Alvey

About one in eleven people globally faced hunger last year, demonstrating the world is falling short of its Zero Hunger by 2030 ambitions, according to a recent report by United Nations agencies.

SNAP error rates rise sharply amid pandemic

07/01/23 2:46 PM By Jacqui Fatka

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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients were overpaid at a rate of 9.84% in fiscal 2022 and underpaid by 1.7% on average as state agencies struggled with staffing coming out of the pandemic, according to USDA.

Daybreak May 11: Farm bill focus turns to White House meeting

05/11/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, Spencer Chase, and Lydia Johnson

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President Joe Biden is putting a focus on the farm bill today. The White House has called a meeting for late this afternoon or evening with the four leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees.

Georgia Republican: ‘Guardrails’ needed on CCC funds

12/02/22 3:16 PM By Hannah Pagel

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A Georgia Republican says as Congress gears up to write the next farm bill, he’s looking to add "guardrails" that prescribe how the funds in the Commodity Credit Corporation are used.

Boozman presses USDA for details on COVID spending

10/31/22 11:52 AM By Spencer Chase

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The top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee wants the Department of Agriculture to show how it spent $11 billion in funding designed to help producers weather the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

GAO: USDA failed to catch questionable CFAP payments

09/08/22 1:47 PM By Philip Brasher

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The Agriculture Department failed to adequately guard against fraudulent claims by producers for payments under the $31 billion Coronavirus Food Assistance Program that the Trump administration launched in 2020, the Government Accountability Office says.

USDA offering $400M for regional food effort

09/07/22 8:06 AM

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The Department of Agriculture plans to leverage $400 million to bolster local food supply chains through its new Regional Food Business Centers.

Daybreak June 15: SCOTUS sets arguments for WOTUS, Prop 12

06/15/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Amy Mayer

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Farm groups will be keeping a close eye on the Supreme Court when it kicks off its new term in October.

Daybreak Dec. 10: Scott eyes early 2022 for farm bill hearings, climate bill

12/10/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

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House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott says he plans to start holding farm bill hearings in January. And he says the House will likely act on the Growing Climate Solutions Act by early next year as well.

Vilsack plans large-scale climate projects, announces $3B for ag, school aid

09/29/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher

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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announces plans to finance a series of large-scale projects on climate-smart farming and forestry practices. He's also tapping his Commodity Credit Corp. spending authority to promote drought resilience, combat African swine fever, and assist farms and schools with supply chain disruptions.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

07.24.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Ben Ray Luján on farm bill, PIIE's Alan Wolff on tariffs & trade

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman says he plans to have a markup this summer on his version of the farm bill. New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján joins Newsmakers to discuss his thoughts on the bill and changes he'd like to see in the markup.

Plus, Alan Wolff with the Peterson Institute for International Economics explains what Congress was trying to solve with the Trade Act of 1974 and what may happen after the Section 122 tariffs expire.

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