USDA closes Kansas City office complex due to COVID-19 concerns

03/20/20 5:06 PM By Steve Davies

USDA shut down an office complex in Kansas City, Mo., due to a potential COVID-19 infection contracted during a Farm Service Agency conference held there from March 10 to March 13.

Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.

This week’s Open Mic guest is Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member John Boozman. The Arkansas Republican isn’t pleased with the process of budget reconciliation for the Build Back Better Plan now before Congress. Boozman questions not only the sum of funds but the lack of detail in how the agriculture dollars will be used. While stepped-up basis may be preserved with the plan in its current form, Boozman says that can quickly change and says lowering the minimum inheritance tax thresholds could have the same detrimental effect on the transfer of farms and small businesses to the next generation. Labor is still a top issue for agriculture, but he’s doubtful this Congress will embrace the challenge.

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Ahead of UN Food Systems Summit, US chicken more sustainable than ever before - Opinion

Chicken isn’t just a lean, mean, protein-packed menu option. It’s also green. So green that according to a previous American broiler life cycle assessment, producing the same amount of chicken in 2010 as in 1965 had 50 percent less environmental impact.

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Washington Week in Review: Sept. 16, 2021: NCBA's Danielle Beck reconciliation bill tax language

Several House committees moved their respective parts of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill this week, and the tax language was under the watchful eye of the country's farm groups. In this video, Danielle Beck with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association offers her take on what the bill looks like so far and what she'll be watching as the process continues to unfold.

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