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Torres Small wins confirmation to oversee USDA Rural Development

10/08/21 9:44 AM By Philip Brasher

The Senate confirms Former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., to serve as the Agriculture Department’s undersecretary for rural development.

Vilsack discusses line speeds, meat processing investment at House Ag hearing

10/07/21 7:03 PM By Noah Wicks

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A judge's ruling on pork line speed provisions was just one of many topics Vilsack discussed at a wide-ranging hearing, which also included testimony from Sen. Chuck Grassley and representatives from livestock industry groups, that brought out a number of different opinions on livestock issues like meat processing consolidation, beef market price transparency and lamb imports from the U.K.

Rod Snyder named ag adviser at EPA

10/07/21 1:30 PM By Steve Davies

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Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, is the Environmental Protection Agency’s new agriculture adviser, pleasing ag groups that had backed him for the position.

Daybreak Oct. 7: Sodium targets could be out soon, along with 'healthy' definition

10/07/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Ben Nuelle

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The Food and Drug Administration is hoping to release soon its voluntary sodium reduction targets for processed, packaged and prepared foods, Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock told the Consumer Federation of America’s Food Policy Conference Wednesday.

Daybreak Oct. 6: Dems cut back on spending plan

10/06/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Now that congressional Democrats have to slash their $3.5 trillion Build Back Better spending plan, the attention is turning to what gets eliminated or cut, and by how much.

USDA’s CCC takes on big role as presidents look to fund priorities

10/06/21 6:41 AM By Philip Brasher

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Successive presidents have ramped up use of a Depression-era tool, USDA's Commodity Credit Corp., to pour billions of dollars into their policy priorities with limited input from Congress. Republicans, who handcuffed Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack's use of the CCC for years, are less resistant now.

'Middle ground' on WOTUS elusive if not impossible

10/06/21 6:35 AM By Steve Davies

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EPA Administrator Michael Regan has said repeatedly he wants to craft a “durable” definition of “waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act — one informed by Supreme Court precedent and input from a variety of stakeholders.

USDA bets big on OIE to help protect US pork trade amid ASF fears

10/06/21 6:30 AM By Bill Tomson

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The U.S. is counting on an expensive campaign to protect nearby territories from African swine fever as well as international respect for the World Organization for Animal Health to protect American pork production and exports.

Virtual fencing allows producers flexibility for cattle grazing

10/06/21 6:25 AM By Noah Wicks

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It can be costly and time-consuming for ranchers to keep their cattle inside the pasture using just traditional and electric fencing, but researchers are looking into a possible virtual solution.

Farmers accept earlier, larger role in ag tech development

10/06/21 6:20 AM By Amy Mayer

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Farmers have long played a part in bringing new seeds and other technologies to market by trying things out on a small scale before a company makes a new product widely available. But now some ag tech start-ups are leveraging the knowledge and creativity of farmers to engage them earlier and more broadly in new product development.

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06.26.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Senate Ag Chair John Boozman on farm bill text release, additional farm aid

Senate Ag Committee Chair John Boozman joins Newsmakers to discuss the farm bill discussion draft released by the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Plus, Tara Smith with Torrey Advisory Group and Anne MacMillan with Invariant discuss the broader farm bill politics at play during the midterm election year and the White House's supplemental spending request to address the cost of the war in Iran, which includes $11.1 billion in additional farm aid and support for year-round sales of E15.

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