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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s against a proposal to be more restrictive with future rewrites of the Thrifty Food Plan, the calculation used to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Salt Lake City today to speak at the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation’s largest general farm organization.
In this opinion piece, Stan Born, chairman of the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) Board of Directors, highlights the benefits of trade with China from a farmer's perspective.
Farmers continue to show interest in carbon markets, but they expect to see some payments from them, according to our exclusive Agri-Pulse poll of U.S. producers.
Farmers and ranchers would like to see increased crop insurance subsidies and commodity price supports in the new farm bill, and a strong majority support cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to an exclusive Agri-Pulse producer poll.
In this week's Farm Hands, the U.S. Trade Representative's office is undergoing staff changes and may get a new nominee for deputy. Plus, we profile several other new jobs and promotions on Capitol Hill, within trade associations and businesses.
Congressional leaders announced agreement Sunday on a new stopgap funding bill that would keep the government funded until March 1 for some departments and agencies, including USDA, and to March 8 for the rest.
An Arkansas Republican who's co-leading a House Agriculture Committee working group on farm labor says the ongoing problems at the U.S-Mexico border make it harder for lawmakers to address producers' need for more workers.
The Department of Agriculture’s annual Crop Production report surprised traders with increases to the 2023 corn and soybean yield, pulling prices for both commodities lower in what could be the start of a longer trend.
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