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Farm Hands West: Lee to lead SJTA, Becker promoted at Mission Produce

11/06/24 7:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

The San Joaquin Tributaries Authority named Andree Lee as the organization’s first executive director. Michael Bliss was promoted to director of grower services at California Citrus Mutual

Mission Produce promoted Brooke Becker to senior vice president of sales. Ryan Krabill joined the Oregon Farm Bureau as a government affairs manager. Kenneth Connolly joined the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Democratic staff as a senior policy adviser.

Rendering left out of federal food waste strategy, groups say

02/14/24 6:23 AM By Noah Wicks

Agriculture groups and state-level agencies are calling on the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to give rendering a greater role in their proposed strategy for reducing food loss and waste.

Recordkeeping requirements included in final FSMA food traceability rule

11/15/22 3:24 PM By Jacqui Fatka

FDA's last installment of its FSMA regulations includes enhanced recordkeeping requirements for certain foods, which is supposed to enable faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market and ultimately reduce foodborne illnesses and deaths.

Inflation impacting plans for holiday grocery shopping

10/20/22 2:30 PM By Jacqui Fatka

This year, typical holiday stress is exacerbated by inflationary concerns, with 62% of shoppers reporting their grocery costs have increased year-over-year, according to the Food Industry Association’s U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2022 series focusing on holiday shopping. When it comes to holiday plans, 45% of shoppers are more concerned about the price of holiday meals than the price of travel or gifts.

Daybreak Nov. 15: Biden signing infrastructure bill, pledging oversight

11/15/21 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, and Steve Davies

President Biden today will sign into law the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, and he’s promising to make sure the money will be spent properly.

Daybreak Sept. 14: Dems shield stepped-up basis, but target estate taxation

09/14/21 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Spencer Chase, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

Farm groups are breathing a collective sigh of relief that congressional Democrats have dropped the idea of taxing capital gains at death, preserving the benefits of stepped-up basis. But many may still need to start talking to their tax advisers about just what’s in the legislation and how it could affect their tax planning.

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12.13.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 13, 2024: Sen. Boozman on farm bill, RFK, Rollins

Republicans will take control of the Senate in January, making John Boozman chairman of the Senate Ag Committee. We asked him about his plans for the committee, including collaborating with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who's in line to be the ranking member, and how Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees may influence agriculture.

Then, Laura Wood from LWP Consulting and Invariant’s Danielle Beck discuss the contentious House Ag Committee ranking member race and the future of the farm bill in a new Congress.

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