Articles Tagged with ''Joe Biden''

Biden budget boosts USDA climate work, clean energy transition

04/09/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher

President Joe Biden released a fiscal 2022 budget outline Friday that includes a $3.8 billion increase for the Agriculture Department that is heavily directed toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making farms and forests more resilient to climate change.

Daybreak April 9: White House issuing budget proposal

04/09/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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President Joe Biden is releasing his fiscal 2022 budget proposal today, less than six months before the new budget year starts. His budget will only cover discretionary spending – those programs that are subject to annual appropriations, which includes research and rural development programs at USDA.

Biden infrastructure plan hits major rural needs, but short on detail, ag funding

04/07/21 6:00 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

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President Joe Biden's $2.7 trillion infrastructure plan would address some long-standing needs in rural America with substantial new funding for roads, bridges, waterways and broadband, but the plan doesn't provide the major boost in farm conservation spending that many ag groups say is needed to get more farmers to adopt climate-smart practices.

Daybreak April 5: Moderate rural Democrats not opposed to moving infrastructure bill through reconciliation

04/05/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is not opposed to moving President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill through the reconciliation budget process if Republicans don’t come to the table.

Daybreak April 2: Biden omits Vilsack from infrastructure sales team

04/02/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies and Bill Tomson

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The Biden administration is starting to build support for its $2.25 trillion infrastructure package during the congressional break. White House officials held an off-the-record briefing for ag and rural groups on the American Jobs Plan Thursday, and President Joe Biden tasked five Cabinet officials with selling the proposal to lawmakers and the public.

Daybreak April 1: Biden proposal meets pushback on taxes

04/01/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan offers many provisions that have long been priorities with farm groups, including a $100 billion plan to connect the entire U.S. to high-speed internet.

Daybreak March 31: Scott: Debt relief unrelated to reparations

03/31/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Some advocates of the newly-enacted debt relief provisions for minority farmers have called it a form of reparations. But House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, who is African American, strenuously objects to that characterization. He says the $4 billion just makes up for the fact that white farmers primarily benefitted from the billions of dollars in recent farm payments.

No end in sight for status quo in US-China ag trade

03/31/21 6:38 AM By Bill Tomson

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The U.S. ag sector really wants to know what’s coming next for the tenuous trade situation with China, but farmers and ranchers may have to settle for the status quo in the near future as the Biden administration takes its first steps toward dealing with the communist country.

Daybreak March 30: Biden infrastructure will be paid for

03/30/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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President Joe Biden is set to announce his infrastructure plan on Wednesday, and it looks like he will also propose the tax increases he wants to use to pay for it. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Monday that the cost of the infrastructure package would be offset dollar for dollar.

Daybreak March 29: Week Ahead: Biden announces infrastructure

03/29/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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President Joe Biden will announce his infrastructure plan this week during a trip to Pittsburgh. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Fox News Sunday this is the follow-up to the American Rescue Plan. “What the American people will hear from him this week, is … the first step of his plan toward recovery, which will include an investment in infrastructure," Psaki said.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Karen Ross on California agriculture, water, MAHA, Prop 12

California agriculture operates at a scale and under conditions unlike anywhere else in the country, yet the policy decisions extend far beyond state lines. We spent the week in Sacramento for the annual Agri-Pulse Food and Ag Issues Summit West and caught up with California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross to discuss the challenges, opportunities and innovations shaping California agriculture, and why the rest of the country should be paying attention to the Golden State.

Plus, Ag Council of California President Emily Rooney outlines concerning plastic and packaging regulations and Chris Zanobini, president and CEO of Ag Association Management Services Inc., describes the "regulatory jenga" plaguing California agriculture.

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