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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Agriculture Department leaders didn’t officially receive a slate of interim recommendations from an Equity Commission convened last year until Tuesday, but the department says many of the suggestions are already in the works.
Republicans cleared out of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee by a vote of 30-22 a joint resolution which would void the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule which goes into effect March 20.
As is the case in the months leading up to the debate over a new farm bill, members of the House and Senate Ag Committees are dropping legislation to signal their policy priorities.
Farms may be required to pay higher wages to some foreign workers under changes the Labor Department has finalized in the way that H-2A minimum pay rates are calculated.
The Congressional Budget Office plans to issue new estimates of farm bill spending before lawmakers move a new bill later this year, according to a Senate source.
The Senate Agriculture Committee will turn its focus to farm bill conservation programs this week, while House Republicans put the spotlight on the Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule and other regulatory issues.
Former Sen. James G. Abourezk, D-S.D., who launched a short congressional career with a boost from his state’s rural electric cooperatives during a high-profile referendum campaign in 1969, died in Sioux Falls on Friday, his 92nd birthday.
USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says a drive to diversify revenue streams through the growth of climate-smart commodities has potential but also needs to be better understood from an economic standpoint.
The Biden administration’s chief agricultural negotiator, Ambassador Doug McKalip, sees signs that Mexico wants to avoid a protracted trade battle over biotechnology.
American farmers need to diversify their income sources in order to survive in an era of growing consolidation, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday, emphasizing adoption of climate-smart practices and expansion of local and regional food systems.