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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Lawmakers face a packed agenda when the new Congress begins on Thursday, starting with finding a resolution to the government shutdown that hit USDA, the Interior Department and other departments and agencies in December.
Ag, biofuels, and food policy groups say trade, immigration reform, farm bill implementation, food safety, and climate change will be the major issues discussed this year.
While some things about farming just don’t change, the fact of the matter is that Mother Nature, our most important business partner, is changing dramatically.
The Senate Agriculture Committee has advanced three USDA nominations toward final floor votes, but at least one appears unlikely to win confirmation before this Congress adjourns.
The tough economic times agriculture currently faces could last for almost another decade, an ag economist told the American Seed Trade Association Tuesday in Chicago.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to become USDA’s top scientist assured senators he accepts the scientific consensus on climate change and said more research is needed to help U.S. agriculture adapt.
A federal climate change report released the day after Thanksgiving includes a menu of what U.S. farmers can expect over the coming decades: higher temperatures, heavier and more frequent rains, and yield losses.
Forest biomass is carbon neutral, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said today, announcing a decision that cheered private forest owners but inflamed environmentalists.