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Opinion: American farmers need Innovative FEED Act now

09/15/23 9:05 AM By Constance Cullman, Mike Seyfert, Jim Mulhern, and Chuck Conner

In this opinion piece, Constance Cullman with American Feed Industry Association, Mike Seyfert with the National Grain and Feed Association, Jim Mulhern with the National Milk Producers Federation and Chuck Conner with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives offer a rebuttal to an opinion piece written by former Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla.

Ag industry leaders looking to appropriations process for farm bill clues

06/30/23 4:21 PM By Jana Rose Schleis

A handful of farm policy lobbyists say the debate to fund the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration could offer them insight into how the politics of Capitol Hill might shape the farm bill reauthorization process.

Daybreak June 30: Block WOTUS everywhere, groups tell judge in Texas

06/30/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

Some major farm groups aren’t satisfied with the Biden administration’s promise to revise its “waters of the U.S.” rule by September.

House Ag putting focus on labor concerns as industry pushes for automation help

05/17/23 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

Farm labor reform has virtually no chance of going anywhere, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be action on the workforce concerns.

Farmers, groups call for Senate action on workforce legislation

11/16/22 1:46 PM By Steve Davies

Farmers and House lawmakers called on the Senate Wednesday to act swiftly on legislation addressing the farm labor crisis.

Daybreak May 13: Availability of inputs worries co-ops

05/13/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Hannah Pagel, Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, Garrett Downs, and Noah Wicks

Farmers are struggling this spring with sky-high production costs, but the bigger concern is whether there will be enough fertilizer and other inputs to go around for next season

Climate change hearing focuses on what farmers need

03/16/22 3:44 PM By Steve Davies

More technical assistance and streamlined application processes for conservation programs would help farmers adopt conservation practices to reduce greenhouse gases, lawmakers were told at a hearing on how the next farm bill should address climate change.

One year later: Ag worker challenges continue 12 months into pandemic

03/10/21 6:18 AM By Amy Mayer

Many ag jobs got designated “essential” at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, masks and other safety precautions have become common in fields and packing houses. Food continues to move from the farm to the consumer. But impacts on the people making that happen have been significant.

Daybreak Feb 25: He’s back: Vilsack sworn in

02/25/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Ben Nuelle

Tom Vilsack is officially wearing the title “agriculture secretary” again. He was sworn in Wednesday evening and will be talking to the media today.

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.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Chuck Conner, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

This week’s Open Mic guest is Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. With planting season underway in some areas of the country, Conner suggests the nation’s farmer owned cooperatives are well stocked as producers prepare for the 2025 growing season. Conner says many or coops anticipated tariff issues and took early shipment of supplies for this season. A veteran of Capitol Hill policy debates, he acknowledges plenty of uncertainty surrounding the farm bill, tax policy and tariffs. Despite challenges, Conner believes legislators will take action on taxes and hopefully a new set of farm and nutrition programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 28, 2025: Castaneda, Kuball on ag labor, trade

President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect next week. We spoke with Jaime Castaneda from the National Milk Producers Federation and Cassandra Kuball from Torrey Advisory Group about how the proposals could impact agriculture. They also discuss the potential for ag labor reform with Trump's stricter immigration policies.

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