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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Eighty-seven House members have signed a letter urging the Biden administration to focus on improving agriculture trade as it builds foreign relationships under the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
The split between lawmakers and farmers over President Donald Trump’s trade war with China and the results of a “phase one” deal was highlighted Wednesday at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is trying to convince skeptical Democrats that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will do enough to address their concerns over drug pricing and enforcement of labor and environmental standards.
Farm group leaders and lawmakers railed against President Donald Trump’s trade policy and tariffs in a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing today, bemoaning the effects on the ag sector as China, Mexico, Canada, the European Union, Turkey and others retaliate.
The National Biodiesel Board is once again pushing for an extension of the biodiesel tax credit and will testify before a House subcommittee today to make their case.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2017 - The House GOP tax bill’s new rules for partnerships and other “pass-through” small businesses, together with new requirements for paying self-employment taxes, could significantly offset some of the legislation’s benefit to farms, experts say.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - House Republicans looking for a way to offset the cost of reducing corporate and individual tax rates have their eyes on ending a tax benefit critical to farmers – the deduction for interest expenses.
