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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2017 – American agriculture lost one of its staunchest advocates and most gifted leaders this morning with the passing of former Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter, age 86, after a four-year battle with metastatic colon cancer.
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2017 - The EPA will write a new definition of “waters of the United States” that is less expansive than the Obama administration’s rule that the agency is withdrawing, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said today in an exclusive interview.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2017 - President Trump used his first speech to Congress last night to outline an ambitious agenda that includes $1 trillion in infrastructure spending as well as tax cuts and health care and immigration reform.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2016 – President Donald Trump today issued an executive order directing the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider their controversial Waters of the U.S. rule and narrowly interpret their jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2017 - The eyes of the nation will be on President Donald Trump tonight when he delivers a formal address to a joint session of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2017 - New EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has only been on the job a few days, but he’s already making big plans for changes at the agency he sued 14 times as former attorney general of Oklahoma.
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 23, 2017 – Those hoping for a reverse on the downward trend in net farm income will likely have to wait a little longer, farm economists said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 - USDA’s 93rd annual Agricultural Outlook Forum kicks off today outside the nation’s capital. House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway will keynote the morning session, and the crowd will also hear from President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to China, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - Don’t count on Congress launching a second push to pass the comprehensive energy bill that died just short of the finish line last year.
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