SNAP benefits can be used for hot food in Florida

10/17/18 6:15 AM By Daniel Enoch

In the wake of Hurricane Michael, USDA has approved a temporary waiver that allows SNAP participants in Florida to use their benefits to buy hot foods through the end of October.

Groups sue over RFS refinery waivers

05/29/18 7:05 PM By Spencer Chase

A quartet of pro-biofuel groups, frustrated with the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of waivers that exempt small refineries from certain biofuel blending requirements, have sued the agency in an effort to curb the practice.

USDA ups pressure for food stamp reform in 2018 farm bill

01/24/18 5:11 PM By Bill Tomson

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue made it clear Wednesday that the Trump administration wants significant changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.

EPA approves emergency fuel waiver for Florida

09/27/17 5:10 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt approved a request from Florida Gov. Rick Scott for an emergency fuel waiver to ensure an adequate supply of diesel fuel across the state for ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Irma.

Work requirements emerge as key farm bill issue

08/02/17 6:56 AM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - Alongside new spending for cotton and dairy producers and demands for increased conservation funding, proposals to clamp down on unemployed food stamp recipients also could become a challenging issue as lawmakers look to write a new farm bill.

ACE Reinforces Message to Lawmakers: Ease Up on the RVP Rule

03/29/17 12:29 PM By Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - The head of a national ethanol advocacy group says a "fly-in" of more than 70 members into Washington, D.C., last week netted significantly positive response ...

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D.

This week’s guest on Open Mic is U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. The former South Dakota governor is well aware of the challenges 2019 has presented growers in his state including too much rain, lost markets, and ethanol demand destruction from the EPA’s implementation of the RFS. Rounds offers praise for the farm bill’s risk management tools and trade assistance from the White House and shares concern for a lack of conclusion to the USMCA trade deal. Rounds offers insight into his legislation on meat labeling laws and other challenges coming within the food industry.

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Opinion: Conservation makes economic sense for dairy farmers, even in a weak agricultural economy

U.S. dairy farmers are finally experiencing some price relief after four years of an economic downturn in which many farmers struggled to break even. But ongoing economic pressures will require farmers to leave no stone unturned as they seek to become more resilient.

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Washington Week in Review: Nov. 14, 2019: USMCA, China, Brazil

Consideration of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is inching closer and closer according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Hear more on that and updates on trade with China and Brazil in this week's video.

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