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Washington Week Ahead: Possible USDA shutdown looms with funding deadline

02/25/24 11:21 AM By Philip Brasher

Lawmakers have until Friday to pass the first of their fiscal 2024 spending bills, including the measure needed to fund USDA, or they’ll have to pass another stopgap spending measure to avert a partial shutdown of the government. The Biden administration also is scheduled to announce a critical update of the GREET model that’s used to measure the carbon intensity of biofuels.

Daybreak Feb. 23: Equity panel drops recommendations for USDA reforms

02/23/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

USDA’s Equity Commission is out with a detailed set of recommendations for reforming a wide range of programs, including the way commodity and conservation programs operate.

Daybreak Feb. 22: Bipartisan group of lawmakers demand automation aid

02/22/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

With farmers continuing to struggle across the country to find workers, 30 House members from across the political spectrum are appealing to leaders of the House Agriculture Committee today to ensure the next farm bill includes new funding for research and development into mechanizing and automating the production of specialty crops.

Vilsack says IRA funding critical to wildfire suppression

02/21/24 6:18 AM By Spencer Chase

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a fresh $500 million in funding for wildfire mitigation Tuesday and warned lawmakers to keep the Inflation Reduction Act's forestry funding aimed at its current purpose.

Conservation proponents gearing up for farm bill fight

02/14/24 6:28 AM By Spencer Chase

Supporters of the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation funding are determined to protect it from attempts to shift some of the money into other farm programs.

Washington Week Ahead: Vilsack faces lawmakers amid farm bill stalemate

02/11/24 12:01 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heads to Capitol Hill this week amid a deepening partisan stalemate over how to fund a new farm bill, and he will also keynote USDA's 2024 Ag Outlook Forum

Daybreak Feb. 9: Democrats chided for lack of farm bill funding ideas

02/09/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

A top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee says he’s glad to see the panel’s Democrats laying out their priorities.

Crop insurance plan intended to 'jump-start' farm bill talks, Stabenow says

02/07/24 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher

Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow says she's "trying to really jumpstart some serious negotiations" on the farm safety net with a proposal to increase premium subsidies for buy-up area insurance policies.

House Ag Democrats lay out farm bill demands

02/07/24 6:17 AM By Philip Brasher

The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.

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Stabenow: Farm bill is ‘the art of the doable’

02/06/24 12:39 PM By Sara Wyant

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and crop insurance industry leaders gathered to discuss the current state of the crop insurance industry and the possibility of a new farm bill during their annual industry convention.

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04.26.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 26, 2024: USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt on bird flu, competition

USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt oversees the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She joins us to discuss the latest on the bird flu outbreak and how USDA is responding.

Then, Michael Dykes with the International Dairy Foods Association and Fred Gingrich with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners join to chat more about the impact the bird flu has had on the dairy industry.

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