Items Tagged with 'National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition'

The partisan jockeying on the farm bill continues. House Ag Democrats have rescheduled a meeting with Senate Ag Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow for Wednesday.

EPA is warning farmworkers of “significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies” from exposure to the herbicide DCPA (dacthal) and said, “it will be pursuing action,” including possible suspension of the product’s registration, the agency said Monday.

One of the two Western members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, New Mexico Democrat Ben Ray Luján, took his time on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to stump for language in the farm bill that would aid producers in drought-prone areas.

House Republicans are pushing forward with a fiscal 2024 spending bill that would cut funding for USDA and the Food and Drug Administration.

Interest in agrivoltaics is increasing as the practice is seen as a potential solution to competing land use, and a bipartisan pair of senators is pushing for new research funding in the next farm bill.

Farmers and bankers are pressing lawmakers to maintain and even expand access to crop insurance through the next farm bill.

United Nations officials on Monday lamented Russia’s decision to effectively terminate the Black Sea Grain Initiative by pulling out of the deal, but also said they will continue to fight to revive the UN-brokered agreement.

The House Appropriations Committee today will take up a fiscal 2023 funding bill for USDA and FDA that was delayed during the negotiations over the debt ceiling.