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May 19, 2024

Open Mic: Jim Matheson, CEO NRECA

This week’s Open Mic guest is Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The nation’s rural cooperatives are being pushed to increase base load capacity to meet growing demand from businesses and computer storage facilities. But at the same time, new emission standards by the Environmental Protection Agency threaten the existence of generating plants providing electric service to more than 42 million Americans in 48 states. Matheson says as much as 80% of the power used by cooperatives comes from fossil fuels, including both natural gas and coal, and NRECA is pursuing litigation to stay and overturn the EPA’s new rules.

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05/21/24 11:53 AM
Adam Putnam
Opinion: House farm bill delivers common ground on conservation
In this opinion piece, Adam Putnam, CEO of Ducks Unlimited, highlights why the world’s largest non-profit dedicated to conserving North America’s wetlands and waterfowl habitat supports the voluntary, incentive-based policies included in the House farm bill’s conservation title.

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05.17.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 17, 2024: Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., on farm bill, specialty crops, trade

California Democrat Jim Costa sits on the House Agriculture Committee, which will markup a farm bill on May 23. He joins this week’s show to discuss the latest developments on the farm bill and shares more about the conversations Democrats are having before next week’s markup. He also dives deeper into specialty crop issues and the recent developments with trade.

Then, Danielle Beck with Invariant and Matthew Dillon with the Organic Trade Association join this week’s show to discuss the organic industry and the political environment around a farm bill.

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