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House Biofuels Caucus urges Trump to deny biofuel waivers

01/13/21 12:50 PM By Ben Nuelle

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to reject small refinery exemptions from being granted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Daybreak Jan 11: AFBF president says pandemic unknowns remain

01/11/21 9:13 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

Prices for many commodities have risen sharply to levels not seen in several years. But the president of the nation’s largest farm group, the American Farm Bureau Federation, isn’t ruling out seeking additional federal relief in 2021.

Supreme Court to hear biofuel waiver case

01/08/21 9:01 PM By Spencer Chase

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a case central to the Renewable Fuel Standard, the nation’s biofuel mandate, and efforts on the part of refiners to be exempted from federal blending requirements through the use of small refinery exemptions.

Daybreak Jan 6: Republicans urged to affirm election outcome

01/06/21 9:18 AM By Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, Ben Nuelle, and Philip Brasher

Hundreds of business leaders, including some in the ag industry, are calling on Congress not to delay confirming the results of November’s presidential election. Congress is set to meet today to count the electoral votes.

EPA narrows protections from pesticide spraying

10/29/20 12:06 PM By Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency has narrowed a rule to protect individuals from pesticide spraying by establishing one 25-foot “Application Exclusion Zone” for all ground spray applications and limiting AEZ’s to the boundaries of the agricultural establishment.

Andrew Wheeler makes dicamba announcement

EPA OKs dicamba use for five more years

10/27/20 5:26 PM By Steve Davies

Dicamba applications on soybean and cotton will come with a cutoff date next year and require larger buffer zones to avoid off-target drift, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday in approving new five-year registrations for the herbicides.

Daybreak Oct. 27: Farm groups joining EPA chief for announcement

10/27/20 9:18 AM By Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Ben Nuelle

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler will announce the agency’s decision on dicamba this afternoon in rural Georgia, accompanied by American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, National Cotton Council Chairman Kent Fountain and Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black.

USDA, EPA label Amazon a food loss and waste ‘champion’

10/21/20 6:26 AM By Spencer Chase

Online retail giant Amazon is the newest “champion” of a government challenge to reduce operational food loss and waste by more than 50% by 2030, USDA and EPA jointly announced Friday.

Daybreak: State budget cuts now permanent

10/15/20 10:33 AM By Brad Hooker

Water subcabinet focuses on infrastructure * ‘Difficult’ to get coronavirus package before election * Hunger needs could worsen in winter

Trump creates subcabinet focused on farm water

10/15/20 10:27 AM By Brad Hooker

Through an executive order, the president has created a 'water subcabinet' focused on reliable water for farmers and safe drinking water for communities.

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Julie Anna Potts, North American Meat Institute

This week’s Open Mic guest is Julie Anna Potts, president and CEO of the North American Meat Institute. Few segments of the food industry were forced to adapt as quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic to meet consumer demand as members of the North American Meat Institute. Now, Potts says, the meat industry is looking forward to a new normal and embracing new challenges including a court challenge to California’s Proposition 12 ballot initiative that threatens to wreak havoc on interstate commerce of meat. Potts says resolving labor issues remains a top priority for the meat industry as well as securing the safety of their existing workers from COVID-19.

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Opinion: Global school feeding programs

Marshall Matz and Julia Johnson discuss important findings of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation's new report, “School Meals Around the World”, which provides necessary insights into the power of school meals in shaping the food and education system.

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Meet the Farm Hand: Autumn Price, Land O'Lakes

Autumn Price discusses her Georgia roots and explains the journey she took to come to D.C. She also reflects on the lessons she learned while working on the Senate Ag Committee, the story of how she and her husband first met, the ‘grain glitch,’ and even shares her most embarrassing moment.

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