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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Senate Republicans failed to get a veto-proof margin on a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline but pledged to tack the measure onto other energy legislation.
Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts is pledging to work with the Obama administration to try to resolve farmers` concerns about a proposed rule re-defining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.
Rep. Jim McGovern, one of the House's most outspoken defenders of federal food assistance, has been named the top Democrat on the House Agriculture subcommittee assigned to investigate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Food prices rose by 2.4 percent last year, less than the historical average, despite sharp increases in meat costs and the drought in California, the Agriculture Department says.
Food costs have historically risen by 2.6 percent a year. USDA`s Eco
Cuban officials are expressing interest in increasing their purchases of U.S. agriculture commodities and also want to buy some farm equipment, says Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. Stabenow, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, was among a del
House and Senate committees have set a Feb. 4 hearing on the Obama administrations Clean Water Act rule as lawmakers plan how to block it from taking effect.
The House Agriculture Committee will have a significant new look on the Democratic side. The committee will have 19 Democrats, down from 21 in the last Congress, and six of those will be new to the committee. Four are women.
