Articles Tagged with ''FRAC''

Farm-state senators want a second round of farm aid in coming months that can be combined with other measures to help farmers, including legislation dealing with fertilizer prices. 

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are seeking a meeting with President Donald Trump as soon as possible about the situation in farm country. That’s according to committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who spoke to reporters Monday.

President Donald Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly today for the first time in his second term, as senior administration officials fan out for high-level trade and economic discussions.

The National Pork Producers Council hired Wendy Brannen as vice president of communications and marketing. Jimmy Peacock departed Capitol Hill to join Cornerstone Government Affairs as a principal. Patrick Penn was appointed as deputy under secretary for the Food and Nutrition Service.

Will Sitton joined Invariant’s food and agriculture practice as a senior manager of government affairs. The National Pork Producers Council hired Wendy Brannen as vice president of communications and marketing. Duane Simpson will succeed Chuck Conner as president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

House proposals to include cuts to lowered price school meals in upcoming reconciliation talks could impact over 24,000 high-needs schools serving over 12 million students, according to an anti-hunger group.

Anti-hunger and food industry groups are readying to push back on efforts to restrict certain foods in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program given the rise of Make America Healthy Again rhetoric in Congress and the Trump administration. 

On to Plan B. House Republican leaders were unable to win passage Wednesday night of a stopgap spending bill that would have kept the government funded at current levels into March. 

Some 13.5% of U.S. households had trouble getting enough food in 2023, as food insecurity among Americans jumped once again to just under the highest rate USDA has recorded in its annual surveys.