Articles Tagged with ''Senate Agriculture Committee''

The Fertilizer Institute will back calls for greater industry transparency at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on skyrocketing costs of crop nutrients needed to grow the world's food and livestock feed. 

The cost and availability of fertilizer will be scrutinized at a Senate Ag Committee hearing on Tuesday. It’s the latest attempt by Washington officials to get a stronger grasp on what’s behind higher prices for crop nutrients and how to make the U.S. less reliant on foreign fertilizer markets. 

Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman said he’d be happy to put an authorization provision for year-round E15 in an upcoming farm bill, but he closed the door on including a delay for a SNAP cost-share requirement.

John Bode, president and CEO of the Corn Refiners Association, will retire in January 2027. He has been a driving leader in food and agriculture policy during his decades-long career in Washington. 

Farm and food industry leaders make the case on Capitol Hill for buying American products, and the Department of Agriculture puts out new crop forecasts as extreme conflict in the Middle East disrupts global ag supply chains.