Articles by Steve Davies

USDA expands, tweaks beekeeper insurance

08/02/17 6:06 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - USDA’s Risk Management Agency will make crop insurance available to beekeepers in 19 additional states, meaning it will now be available in all contiguous 48 states.

Perdue discounts talk of Mexico’s search for other grain suppliers

07/28/17 4:25 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 – Mexico may talk about getting its grains from countries other than the United States, but Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said today that he doesn’t think the country is serious.

WOTUS withdrawal: EPA, Corps publishing proposal

07/26/17 6:23 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - The Trump administrations effort to write new "waters of the U.S." regulations takes a big step forward Thursday with publication of a proposed rule to withdraw the Obama administration's 2015 rule.

Rural Telehealth: Plenty of benefits, but big barriers remain

07/26/17 6:41 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 26, 207 - With rural hospitals at risk of closure and healthcare providers increasingly abandoning sparsely populated areas, residents in vast swaths of the country often must drive for hours and take time off from work to see a doctor or medical specialist.

WOTUS delay? It’s the formatting, stupid

07/26/17 6:24 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - For those wondering why the proposal to withdraw the WOTUS rule, which was announced June 27, has not appeared officially in the Federal Register, here’s your answer: Formatting.

Clovis pick could face rocky road

07/20/17 6:11 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2017 - Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, is questioning whether Sam Clovis, whom President Trump plans to nominate as USDA's Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (REE), has the right resume for the job.

House bills seek changes in species law

07/19/17 6:16 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - Bills to delist gray wolves in the Great Lakes region, give states a larger role in listing imperiled species and cap attorney fees awarded to Endangered Species Act litigants were the subjects of debate at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing today.

Senate ag appropriators want return of rural development post

07/19/17 6:48 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - Senate agricultural appropriators will seek to reinstate the under secretary for rural development position eliminated by USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.

Simple, transparent contracts needed for farm data, Congress told

07/19/17 6:40 AM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - Farmers are worried that the data they gather when they use precision agriculture on their land will be used to make a profit – but not by them.

China OKs two GMO products for import

07/17/17 2:45 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2017 - China has approved two more genetically modified products for import, which should leave four products awaiting decisions from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). But Dow AgroSciences said today that the ministry is now saying that Enlist soybeans are not covered by a 100-day economic action plan initiated by the U.S. and Chinese governments in April.

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Kailee Tkacz Buller, President and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kailee Tkacz Buller, President and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association. The nation’s oilseed processing industry has rapidly been expanding capacity to meet growing demand for their products. Many new plants have been built, others are under construction and additional processing capacity could be added pending public policy decisions. Buller says renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel hold tremendous opportunities for further oilseed industry expansion. Buller hopes 40Z tax credit rules will include more acceptable climate smart production practices and less bundling. NOPA opposes policies that place caps on vegetable oil capacity and encourage imports of used cooking oil from foreign countries.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 10, 2024: Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., on farm bill, rural broadband

South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson sits on the House Agriculture Committee, which will mark up a farm bill on May 23. He joins this week’s show to discuss the latest developments on the farm bill and what the next few weeks will look like. He also dives deeper into the rural broadband efforts.

Then, Joby Young with the American Farm Bureau Federation and Jonathan Coppess with the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois join this week’s show to discuss the political environment around a farm bill.

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