Items Tagged with 'ag labor reform'

GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse, a six-term House member from Washington state and a farmer who has been a leading voice on issues around ag labor, environmental regulation, and foreign land ownership, announced Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election in 2026.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who was the longest serving female senator and a long-time advocate for ag labor reform, died at her home in Washington on Thursday evening.

Congressional leaders released a massive year-end bill Tuesday that would provide $3.7 billion in disaster aid for farmers and enact the Growing Climate Solutions Act to facilitate ag carbon markets.

Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on a massive year-end bill that’s expected to include billions in agricultural disaster aid as well as a compromise version of the Growing Climate Solutions Act and special aid to rice growers.