Articles by Steve Davies

The COP26 international climate conference is wrapping up today after two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland.

At the latest UN Conference of the Parties in Glasgow these past two weeks, food and ag has been if not center stage, at least an important part of the discussion.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his three-day trip to the international climate conference in Glasgow showed the importance that agriculture will play in the Biden administration’s plans to address climate change.

Consumers in 10 countries, including the United States, France, Germany, the UK, New Zealand and Singapore, don’t see it as a priority to make major changes to agriculture or their diets to address climate change, according to a new survey.

Farm groups are cheering final congressional passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill after weeks of delay in the House. The bill includes $550 billion in new spending for a range of needs affecting agriculture and rural Americans — from broadband to roads and bridges, inland waterways, Western water projects and clean energy development.

The House is scheduled to vote today on both a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the larger Build Back Better package of climate measures and social spending.

This week’s election results are raising questions about the future of President Biden’s legislative agenda and putting a new focus on the struggles Democrats are having in rural America.