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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - After only a week in office and without a subcabinet in place, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is moving forward on projects like mapping out what the Trump administration can do to improve rural infrastructure across the country and preparing to help renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - Lawmakers’ stunning failure to agree on aid to cotton and dairy producers has left the House and Senate Agriculture committees facing a multibillion-dollar budget hole as they prepare to write the next farm bill.
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2017 - A congressional agreement to fund the government for the rest of fiscal 2017 largely rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts in food aid and other agricultural programs but also fails to provide new assistance sought by cotton and dairy producers.
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2017 – Congress is set to approve a fiscal 2017 budget agreement this week, while the Trump administration is moving to soften key school nutrition standards.
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 – Now that U.S. efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement are ramping up, lawmakers are asking President Donald Trump to focus on what they call Canada’s increasingly protectionist dairy policies.
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017 - Lawmakers are closing in on a budget deal that is expected to include provisions expanding farm bill spending for cotton and dairy producers.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- A mounting wave of new genetics technology is on its way, promising improved health and growth to farm animals, along with improved management tools and profits to livestock owners.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- Congressional budget negotiators want to finish work on a fiscal 2017 agreement that would avert a government shutdown next week...
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- President Donald Trump renewed his threats to the North American Free Trade Agreement Tuesday, promising that he might “get rid of it.”
