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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Jon Holladay as the chief financial officer at the Department of Agriculture and former SDA Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh has returned to Virginia State University to be senior adviser to the dean for land-grant initiatives.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to bar investors from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from buying U.S. farmland and require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review land purchases by investors from any other foreign country totaling more than $5 million or 320 acres.
President Joe Biden has come out against a House Republican funding measure that would fund USDA and FDA, arguing the bill goes beyond an agreement to cut spending reached earlier this year with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
USDA plans to start a hearing process Aug. 23 on conflicting proposals from milk producers and dairy processors over changes in the way milk and dairy products are priced under the federal milk marketing order system.
The Agriculture Department is partnering with 31 state attorneys general to look more closely into anticompetitive practices in the food and agriculture sectors as part of a broader White House initiative to promote marketplace competition.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is developing a Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program to address supply chain challenges and is looking for the public to weigh in.
Reducing food waste can shrink agriculture’s environmental footprint while helping to feed the hungry and conserve resources, but since food waste occurs across all sectors of the food chain, reducing it will require coordination and funding.
Xochitl Torres Small was sworn in as the USDA’s new deputy secretary Monday, a job she said is the next step in a “personal” relationship with the department that spans generations.
