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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 26, 2024
For nearly four decades, the federal government has protected environmentally sensitive farmland through a simple bargain with farmers known as “conservation compliance.” If they want to receive farm program benefits, growers can’t plow up wetlands, and they must take steps to protect highly erodible acreage.
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson defended his proposal for funding the farm bill as he reiterated to agricultural reporters Tuesday his plan to move a farm bill by Memorial Day.
House Democrats plotted their next steps on the farm bill after meeting Thursday to debate a brief summary of the latest GOP proposal for the legislation.
Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are offering to advance some Democratic policy priorities on issues ranging from nutrition assistance to rural community aid in a bid to win bipartisan support for a new farm bill.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson said Tuesday night he plans to move a bipartisan farm bill through the panel next month and that he has identified a way to pay for changes to commodity programs that have been sought by ag groups.
Lawmakers return from their long Easter recess with the House GOP potentially facing continued turmoil amid a packed pre-election schedule that would appear to leave dwindling chances for passing a new farm bill.
In this opinion piece, Tom Stenzel, Executive Director of the CEA Alliance, highlights how new indoor farming technologies affect growers, protecting produce from bitter cold and blistering heat while delivering consistent high-quality products 52 weeks a year.
Twenty-one state attorneys general are pressing House and Senate Ag Committee leaders to rewrite the farm bill’s hemp regulations, saying they have opened up a “massive gray market” for hemp-derived products as potent as cannabis.
In this opinion piece, Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, and Lowell Randel, SVP at the Global Cold Chain Alliance, discuss the importance of building export infrastructure – particularly cold-chain storage – in new and developing markets.
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