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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, May 02, 2024
The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City and Agri-Pulse Communications are bringing together top economists, industry leaders and government officials to offer unique insights during their 9th annual Ag Outlook Forum on September 25 at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City.
A key dairy-state lawmaker and Senate Agriculture Committee member hopes the 2023 farm bill will help expand rural broadband service, and he also believes that it's also critical for Congress to address ag labor needs.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a range of mitigation measures to protect 27 endangered species the agency says are “particularly vulnerable” to the effects of pesticides.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday announced $2.7 billion in total funding from USDA's Commodity Credit Corp. account to build domestic fertilizer capacity, support school meal providers and fund emergency commodity purchases by states.
We’re still months away from seeing a new farm bill on the House and Senate farm bill, but ag groups could get a look as soon as next month at the challenges they may face in protecting crop insurance and other programs.
India marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House and Capitol Hill by agreeing to cut tariffs that it imposed on some U.S. farm goods five years ago in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on Indian steel and aluminum imports, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Thursday.
The Senate Finance Committee used a hearing Thursday to highlight the fact that Brazilian packers are producing beef from cattle raised illegally on land once made up of lush Amazon jungle, and some of the beef from those animals may end up in the U.S. market, competing with U.S.-raised product.
USDA has tentatively chosen 50 projects to receive $300 million designed to “help improve access to land, capital, and markets for underserved farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners,” the department said Thursday.
California regulators are giving retailers until the end of the year to clear their supplies of pork out of compliance with the state's Proposition 12 animal housing law.