Articles Tagged with ''American Farm Bureau Federation''

About 70% of farmers say in a survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation that they cannot afford all the fertilizer they need this growing season.

Even if the latest U.S. ceasefire with Iran holds and the Strait of Hormuz reopens in short order, damage to fertilizer infrastructure in the region will keep prices elevated through 2027 and into 2028, a new analysis finds, as U.S. agriculture braces for long-term supply challenges.

Shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are hitting the tree nut industry, whose members are scrambling to find other routes and markets to take their product during a significant time of year for sales. 

The American Frozen Food Institute hired Lisa Van Doren as chief of government affairs.Feeding America named Rebeckah Freeman Adcock as chief government relations officer. Susan Lester was promoted to director of external affairs and operations at the National Council of Agricultural Employers.

Delegates for the nation’s largest farm organization gathered in Anaheim Tuesday to approve the addition of policy on data centers, New World screwworm, fair taxes and trade for winegrape growers, as well as language pushing back on the Agriculture Department’s proposal to close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. 

The wait for the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs rolls on, while on Capitol Hill the House may take up a bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will address the annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention.

The Friant Water Authority appointed Julie Gantenbein as general counsel. She has been a shareholder in the Water and Power Law Group for the past 15 years where she has gained experience in water rights, regulatory compliance and statewide water policy. Her legal career includes extensive experience in non-federal hydropower licensing and compliance proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), natural gas certificate and compliance matters before FERC, and regulatory proceedings for federal water control facilities before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, according to the Friant Water Authority’s news release.