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Daybreak March 25: Growing GOP support for climate bill

03/25/21 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

USDA is re-starting the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and providing $6 billion in new forms of pandemic aid, tapping additional authority provided by Congress in December.

Daybreak March 9: Blunt makes it five GOP retirements

03/09/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

Longtime Senate appropriator and GOP dealmaker Roy Blunt of Missouri is the fifth GOP senator to announce that he’s not seeking re-election. Blunt is a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and former ranking Republican on the Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee that writes the annual budgets for USDA and FDA.

Farm groups welcome Vilsack confirmation

02/24/21 6:30 AM By Spencer Chase

The nation’s food and agriculture groups are glad to have a familiar face back at the helm of the Department of Agriculture.

EPA says it now ‘agrees’ with 10th Circuit waiver ruling

02/22/21 12:47 PM By Spencer Chase

The Environmental Protection Agency has flipped its official position in a critical court case for the future of waivers from the nation’s biofuel mandate, offering a signal of the Biden administration’s view on a major aspect of renewable fuels policy.

The big chill: Sub-zero temperatures, energy outages threaten farms, agribusinesses

02/17/21 6:40 AM By Sara Wyant, Ben Nuelle, and Spencer Chase

Farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses across the U.S. are reeling from extremely cold temperatures and power outages.

Daybreak Feb 16: Senate sets Vilsack vote

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

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.

China pumps up imports of US ethanol

02/05/21 10:52 AM By Bill Tomson

The Renewable Fuels Association announced Friday that China imported about 13 million gallons of U.S. ethanol in December, raising hopes that imports from the Asian powerhouse will continue in 2021.

Court stays last-minute refinery exemptions

01/21/21 10:08 AM By Spencer Chase

A federal court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to hold off on granting three biofuel mandate waivers issued in the waning hours of the Trump administration.

Daybreak Jan 21: Biden acts swiftly as Dems take charge in DC

01/21/21 8:58 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

The balance of power in the nation’s capital has shifted; Democrats now control both the presidency and Congress for the first time in a decade.

EPA grants three SREs, leaves dozens pending

01/19/21 7:32 PM By Spencer Chase

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency awarded three biofuel mandate waivers Tuesday evening before handing the keys over to the incoming Biden team.

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Debbie Reed, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium

This week’s Open Mic guest is Debbie Reed, executive director of the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium. ESMC was established in 2017 from the Noble Foundation’s desire to discover market-based solutions to improve soil health. With tremendous energy from the private sector toward reducing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, Reed says agriculture and forestry can play an important role in accomplishing positive environmental outcomes. Reed ways Washington is playing “catch up” to the industry’s efforts toward sustainability, but can still play a critical role to desired outcomes.

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Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate

In this opinion piece, Daren Bakst and Gabriella Beaumont-Smith with The Heritage Foundation discuss the potential fallout from Mexico’s bans and what the administration can do.

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Washington Week in Review: May 6, 2021: Rep. Dusty Johnson on 30x30, infrastructure, beef bills

The Biden administration rolled out a plan to conserve 30% of the nation's land and water by 2030 this week, and House Ag Committee Republican Dusty Johnson is among many looking for specifics on what this means for American agriculture. In this interview, the South Dakota Republican offers his thoughts on that as well as where he sees infrastructure and beef cattle market reforms going in 2021.

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