Items Tagged with 'Rep. Dusty Johnson'

A South Dakota lawmaker is calling on Congress to move forward with plans to add more transparency to cattle markets to help address “underlying frailties within the marketplace” even though current prices for market cattle are reaching record prices.

A lawmaker who’s close to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says Republicans are trying to work through potentially thorny issues with the farm bill before it gets to the floor.

The battle over food assistance work requirements is picking up with a new Republican proposal from Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., who plans to drop a bill today to increase the age limit for SNAP work requirements.

The latest international climate conference, known as COP27, kicked off Sunday in Egypt, with an expected focus on helping developing countries deal with climate change.

The Department of Justice has subpoenaed records from meat processors, though it is currently unclear which ones and how many.

Farmers in North Dakota and Minnesota have made a lot of progress over the past week in getting their crops of wheat and corn in the ground.

A House Republican is calling for the Senate to move forward on cattle market reform efforts, saying it would give the House an opportunity to respond and push efforts closer to a final agreement.

The Biden administration has come up with a novel plan to address the food crisis that’s resulting from the war in Ukraine.

One of the lead sponsors of a bill to reform cattle markets says the measure will get a hearing – and a vote – in the Senate Agriculture Committee in coming weeks.

The Senate next week will take a key step to begin negotiations with the House on an international competitiveness bill.