Articles Tagged with ''USDA''

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled several key staff positions, naming a new director of intergovernmental affairs and a staff director for the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted concerns over declining U.S. farms and farmland and other key issues the agency faces during a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday. 
The hearing focused on President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget request for the agency. 

In this opinion piece, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson explains how he plans to prescribe a cost-neutral process to make changes in the Thrifty Food Plan in a new farm bill that will be developed by his committee before Memorial Day.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday there is a “concerted” effort in Congress to pass a farm bill this year, but also suggested that hardline conservative demands are making the effort more challenging for House Republicans.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai faces questioning on both sides of Capitol Hill this week amid a growing ag trade deficit that has fueled Republican attacks ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

USDA continued to lower its price estimates for the 2023 harvest despite lower forecasts for U.S. and world supplies for some commodities.

In this joint opinion piece, Lesley Jantarasami, managing director of the Energy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Maya Solomon, senior director of policy and advocacy at the American Forest Foundation, advocate for the Rural Forest Markets Act, and its benefits of creating a voluntary carbon market for family forest landowners.