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Vilsack: Next farm bill should aid small farmers, fix disaster aid

01/09/23 3:59 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the next farm bill to include reforms for disaster relief and put more focus on farmers who haven’t done as well financially as larger producers have in recent years.

Washington Week Ahead: Recommendations for FDA overhaul due for release

12/04/22 9:20 AM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

An independent commission issues a report this week that's expected to make far-reaching recommendations for fixing widely perceived weaknesses in the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods programs.

FSA to consider recommendation to dismantle county committees

09/29/22 1:10 PM By Noah Wicks

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux told lawmakers Thursday that he would give "due consideration" to an Equity Commission recommendation to study replacing FSA's county committee system, but he said the local panels are “integral” to the agency’s delivery of programs.

Washington Week Ahead: SEC chair faces grilling over climate disclosure

09/11/22 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, heads to Capitol Hill this week to face lawmakers who are sharply divided over the agency’s plan to require corporations to track and disclose greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.

Vilsack pledges action on China ag trade concerns

Biden has 'variety' of options, secretary says

01/20/22 3:07 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack assures lawmakers the Biden administration is holding China to account for its failure to fulfill “phase one” trade commitments, but he stopped short of saying what steps the administration would take.

Vilsack eyes conservation boost through reconciliation package

09/01/21 5:00 PM By Spencer Chase

The Department of Agriculture is in touch with Capitol Hill as Democratic leaders work to craft legislation that has the potential to funnel more money into the farm bill and expand the number of producers who could receive funding and assistance for government conservation programs.

Senate FY22 spending bill includes $7B in disaster aid

08/02/21 6:39 PM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

The Senate's proposed fiscal 2022 funding bill for the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration would provide $7 billion in disaster assistance to cover producers' losses in 2020 and 2021.

Questions surround trade, disaster relief as farmers struggle to plant

05/29/19 6:45 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

The Trump administration’s announcement of a new trade assistance package, plus congressional agreement on disaster relief for prevented plantings, will put billions of dollars into the struggling farm economy, but the prospective aid is injecting new uncertainty into the planting decisions facing growers across the soggy Plains and Midwest.

US agriculture slogging its way out of 2018's phenomenal soakers

11/07/18 6:25 AM By Ed Maixner

With less than two months to go in 2018, American agriculture has endured a major drubbing by hurricanes and rainstorms in the Midwest, the Plains, and the coastal Southeast so far this year.

Congress votes to keep government running till Jan. 19

But House and Senate split on disaster relief

12/21/17 5:31 PM By Steve Davies

The House and Senate approved a measure to fund the federal government through Jan. 19 but could not agree on disaster relief for areas devastated by hurricanes and wildfires.

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01.27.2023

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 27, 2023: Rep. Don Bacon on the next farm bill and how moderates will shape it

Now several weeks removed from a prolonged process to pick the next House Speaker, congressional Republicans are forming their committees and rolling out policy priorities. House Ag GOP member Don Bacon joins Newsmakers to discuss the obstacles facing the next farm bill and how he hopes to be involved in shaping it.

Then, a panel including Lia Biondo with the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, Geoff Cooper with the Renewable Fuels Association, and Davenport Policy’s Bev Paul walk through how the split control and partisan politics of Capitol Hill will shape food and ag policy for the next two years and beyond.

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