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Saturday, April 05, 2025
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he wants to see more spending by state and local governments to improve local marketing conditions for farmers and ranchers.
A Nebraska Republican is calling on the administration to “lean in to trade” in 2023 to help kick-start conversations and make progress in an area that many lawmakers feel has gotten short shrift during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s term.
The latest international climate conference, known as COP27, kicked off Sunday in Egypt, with an expected focus on helping developing countries deal with climate change.
After another union voted not to ratify a contract with rail carriers last week, more than 300 local, state and national trade associations urged the Biden administration to work to avert a strike during the nation’s holiday season.
The Biden administration is taking new steps to protect producers from discriminatory practices, through a combination of new Agriculture Department regulations and funding to states for increasing enforcement of competition laws.
Drought in the American West, Southwest and Central Plains hit farmers and ranchers hard last year, buta new survey from the American Farm Bureau Federationshows the situation has worsened this year as more producers are abandoning scorched crops, destroying orchard trees and paying for livestock feed.
The National Marine Fisheries Service says removal of four dams on the Snake River is “essential” to bringing the river’s imperiled salmon populations back to harvestable levels. The Bonneville Power Administration believes replacing the lost power is possible, but would cost between$11 and $19 billion.
