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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The Biden administration is taking new steps to protect producers from discriminatory practices, through a combination of new Agriculture Department regulations and funding to states for increasing enforcement of competition laws.
Drought in the American West, Southwest and Central Plains hit farmers and ranchers hard last year, buta new survey from the American Farm Bureau Federationshows the situation has worsened this year as more producers are abandoning scorched crops, destroying orchard trees and paying for livestock feed.
The National Marine Fisheries Service says removal of four dams on the Snake River is “essential” to bringing the river’s imperiled salmon populations back to harvestable levels. The Bonneville Power Administration believes replacing the lost power is possible, but would cost between$11 and $19 billion.
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Doug McKalip, a senior adviser to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, to be chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The Department of Agriculture is taking steps to increase competition in the meat processing sector and reform the poultry industry's contracting practices.
Oregon Ag Secretary Alexis Taylor has been nominated by the Biden Administration to be the trade undersecretary at USDA and Prime Time International co-founders announce retirement.
The Biden administration has tapped Alexis Taylor as the Department of Agriculture’s trade undersecretary and Stacy Dean as undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services.
