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Monday, May 29, 2023
California Republican David Valadao, who lives on his family's dairy farm in central California, says he's concerned that a new agreement to curb the use of the Colorado River could lead to higher water prices for producers in his district.
House Democrats have set up a new task force to focus on ag and nutrition programs in the next farm bill, and the group has a pretty busy schedule in mind.
Eight years after ground was first broken for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, government officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the facility’s official opening.
Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee charged Wednesday that a conservation leasing rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management improperly circumvents congressional authority.
President Biden’s ambitious climate change goals, including a cut in 2005 greenhouse gas emission levels by 50% within seven years, will require massive investments in renewable energy and the nation’s transmission system.
The European Union has been on a mission for the past decade to ban the foreign use of food names like bologna, gruyere and feta cheese, depriving U.S. producers of markets around the world, but a bipartisan roster of lawmakers has stepped forward to try to curb the EU campaign.
The pet food industry wants to put the Food and Drug Administration in charge of regulating labels and packaging for dog and cat food, replacing a patchwork of state rules that now exist, but the proposal has raised questions with others in the animal feed sector.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger on Tuesday postponed scheduled action on the fiscal 2024 Agriculture spending bill and three other measures, citing the ongoing negotiations with the White House over the debt ceiling limit.
The search continues for a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was upbeat after meeting with President Biden for about an hour and a half Monday evening.
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