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Legislation would streamline conservation practice standards

05/14/25 6:01 AM By Lydia Johnson

In a push to make more conservation practices improving water quality and soil health available to landowners, Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., reintroduced legislation to modernize the approval process of conservation technologies.

Senate panel approves 3% spending increase for USDA, FDA

07/11/24 4:23 PM By Philip Brasher

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Spending for USDA and FDA would be increased by 3% in fiscal 2025 under a bill advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, drawing a sharp contrast with the House GOP version of the measure.

Vilsack addresses farm decline, HPAI outbreak in Senate hearing

04/16/24 3:23 PM By Rebekah Alvey

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted concerns over declining U.S. farms and farmland and other key issues the agency faces during a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
The hearing focused on President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget request for the agency.

Advocates of agrivoltaics see solution to land use conflict, push for farm bill funds

08/09/23 6:18 AM By Jana Rose Schleis

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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.

BLM nomination advances to Senate floor vote after committee's tie vote

07/22/21 12:59 PM By Steve Davies

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to be director of the Bureau of Land Management after a sharply partisan debate over her truthfulness about a 1989 tree-spiking incident on an Idaho national forest.

Daybreak Feb 16: Senate sets Vilsack vote

02/16/21 9:10 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Ben Nuelle

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An end is finally in sight in the wait for a new agriculture secretary. The Senate has scheduled action for Feb. 23 on Tom Vilsack's nomination to return for a second stint at the head of USDA.

No congressional welcome mat for Energy, Interior reorganizations

07/25/18 6:49 AM By Steve Davies

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Reorganization plans at the Departments of Interior and Energy did not get a warm reception at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week, with senators particularly concerned about the administration's proposal to eliminate the Advanced Research Projects Agency within the Department of Energy (ARPA-E).

New Mexico led the US in 2017 wind energy growth

04/17/18 4:06 PM By Sandra Cowherd

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Operating wind power capacity grew 9 percent nationwide last year, led by New Mexico's 51 percent expansion, according to a new industry report.

Bipartisan bill aims to establish tax credit for energy storage

10/04/17 4:09 AM By Sandra Cowherd

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - Legislation being considered in the Senate would help strengthen the nation’s grid by offering tax incentives for storage system investment.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Undersecretary Brashears: NWS isn't a food safety risk; Puglia on USMCA

Seven cases of New World screwworm have been detected on U.S. soil. USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety Mindy Brashears says the Food Safety Inspection Service's 7,000 inspectors are “leading the animal health charge” in the fight against New World screwworm.

Western Growers Association President and CEO Dave Puglia discusses the importance of renewing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. On the panel, Phillip Kauffman with Texas A&M University and Ron Phillips with the Animal Health Institute discuss New World screwworm.

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