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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sparred with House Republicans over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in what could be an opening skirmish in a battle over potential program cuts as Congress considers a new farm bill.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not be cut as part of the farm bill’s reauthorization, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott, D-Ga., vowed at the Agri-Pulse annual Food & Policy Summit Monday.
The Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule that expands the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act officially takes effect Monday despite uncertainty about its future in the courts and continued attacks on the measure on Capitol Hill.
Specialty crop producers and a contract poultry grower used a farm bill listening session in Texas Wednesday to urge lawmakers to provide them with more insurance options, while groups representing other commodities continued their call for reference price increases consistent with inflation.
An additional 1.5 million able-bodied, non-senior Americans would no longer qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program exemptions for work requirements under a bill planned to be introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D.
The House Agriculture Committee formally appealed Thursday for "adequate resources" in the next farm bill to compensate for what the panel says is the “ineffectiveness” of existing commodity programs.
Jay Ziegler has been tapped as the new delta watermaster at the State Water Resources Control Board and Cindy McCain has been named the next executive director of the United Nations World Food Program.
President Joe Biden will propose new tax increases with his fiscal 2024 budget this week, while the Republican-controlled House will force a vote on killing the administration’s new rule that expands the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.