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Washington Week Ahead: Vilsack faces lawmakers amid farm bill stalemate

02/11/24 12:01 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heads to Capitol Hill this week amid a deepening partisan stalemate over how to fund a new farm bill, and he will also keynote USDA's 2024 Ag Outlook Forum

USDA raises corn, soybean ending stocks in latest WASDE

02/08/24 1:56 PM By Spencer Chase

The Department of Agriculture lowered its U.S. soybean export forecast as Brazilian competition hinders American sales in key foreign markets.

EPA tries to ease grower burden for endangered species compliance

02/07/24 6:02 PM By Steve Davies

EPA wants to give growers credit for implementing Natural Resources Conservation Service practices as part of the agency’s effort to protect endangered species.

USDA forecasts major decline in 2024 farm income

02/07/24 12:01 PM By Spencer Chase

The Department of Agriculture is projecting farmers will experience their second consecutive year of a sizable drop in net income.

Daybreak Feb. 7: Lines harden on farm bill funding

02/07/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Noah Wicks, Steve Davies, Spencer Chase, and Sara Wyant

Farm Hands West: McGuire sworn in as Senate president pro tempore

02/07/24 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

California Sen. Mike McGuire of Healdsburg has been sworn in as the new Senate president pro tempore and JJ Schlangen has been tapped as the new president of the central region of the United Natural Foods Inc.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Barbic joins Invariant

02/07/24 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Ken Barbic has joined Invariant as a new principal of the food and agriculture practice group and Vestaron has selected Juan Estupinan as the company’s interim CEO and president.

Opinion: Weaving conservation into crop insurance is critical for farmers’ success

01/31/24 1:42 PM By Jon Doggett

In this opinion piece, Jon Doggett, former CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, highlights the value of crop insurance programs and the need to update policies to continue farmers' success and sustainability.

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Latest USDA pesticide residue data underscores food safety

01/31/24 7:03 AM By Sara Wyant

USDA's latest report on pesticide residues in food shows that over 99% were below levels considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Farmers can start making online loan payments

01/31/24 6:10 AM By Philip Brasher

Farmers and ranchers will soon be able to start making online payments for USDA direct loans.

Open Mic: Claire Babineaux Fontenot

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. Farmers continue to help feed the hungry, but the number of Americans who are hungry and food insecure is greater today than during the Covid pandemic. Babineaux-Fontenot says the food lines may have moved back inside the buildings, but the need for food continues to grow as contributions are down and federal commodity donations have decreased. Babineaux-Fontenot says federal nutrition programs should be amended to avoid food “cliffs” and help individuals transition away from assistance programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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