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Daybreak May 1: Stabenow releasing farm bill, Thompson outlines his version

05/01/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

There is big news today on the farm bill front. The House and Senate Agriculture committees are making dueling moves today in the partisan standoff over a new bill.

Fertilizer industry, farm groups push to change critical minerals list

05/01/24 6:20 AM By Steve Davies

The fertilizer industry and a raft of farm groups are backing legislation that would add phosphate and potash to the list of minerals considered “critical” to the national security of the United States, arguing that too much of the world’s reserves of the vital crop inputs is located outside the country and vulnerable to supply shocks.

Election uncertainty, review law see agencies race to finalize new regs

05/01/24 6:10 AM By Philip Brasher

If it looks like the Biden administration has been rushing out a lot of new regulations in recent days, there’s a good reason. The administration faces a deadline to ensure that new rules can’t be repealed under the Congressional Review Act in 2025.

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Farm Hands: MANRRS taps first-ever CEO

05/01/24 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The National Society of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) has tapped Ebony Webber as its first-ever chief executive officer. The Mississippi native previously was the chief operating officer of MANRRS.

Thompson, Stabenow offer opposing farm bill plans amid ongoing partisan battle

05/01/24 5:00 AM By Philip Brasher

Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees announced dueling plans for a new farm bill as the partisan impasse appeared to deepen ahead of the House panel’s planned votes on May 23. House Ag Chairman Glenn Thompson released a broad summary of his planned legislation, and his Senate counterpart, Debbie Stabenow, followed with a much more detailed section-by-section summary of her draft bill.

Daybreak April 30: SAF coalition takes off; GREET update coming today

04/30/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

The Biden administration is set today to announce its updated GREET model for measuring the carbon intensity of biofuel feedstocks.

Daybreak April 29: House Ag Dems offer use of CCC for farm bill

04/29/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, and Noah Wicks

Lawmakers are back in D.C. with four weeks until the Memorial Day deadline set by House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., for moving a new farm bill. Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse about key details of the bill, most notably on cuts to nutrition spending.

Washington Week Ahead: Parties joust over farm bill, GREET update expected

04/28/24 9:44 AM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

The Biden administration is expected to announce key updates this week to its carbon-intensity scoring for sustainable aviation fuel this week, while lawmakers are struggling to break a partisan impasse over a new farm bill that Republicans are determined to move through the House Ag Committee in May.

Daybreak April 26: RECs say clean power plan ‘unlawful, unrealistic’

04/26/24 10:12 AM By Philip Brasher

The Biden administration has finalized a sweeping set of rules aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants from power plants. The rules are a fundamental part of President Biden’s climate strategy. But the National Rural Electric Cooperative is among the industry groups blasting them.

Sonoma County at center of activists’ effort to enact CAFO ban

04/24/24 8:00 PM By Jessica Zimmer

Animal rights activists are trying to make Sonoma County, California, which is legendary the world over for its wine, the first county in the nation to ban concentrated animal feeding operations by a public vote.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 26, 2024: USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt on bird flu, competition

USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt oversees the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She joins us to discuss the latest on the bird flu outbreak and how USDA is responding.

Then, Michael Dykes with the International Dairy Foods Association and Fred Gingrich with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners join to chat more about the impact the bird flu has had on the dairy industry.

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