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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
The Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service will publish language in the Federal Register Wednesday, a move welcomed by the industry and Capitol Hill.
Communities across the country stand to benefit from Tuesday’s announcement of Agriculture Department funding aimed at improving the infrastructure and business climate in rural areas.
Jahi Wise has joined the Environmental Protection Agency as the senior adviser to the administrator and acting director for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program. Also President Joe Biden has appointed two Farm Service Agency state executive directors and one Rural Development state director.
The Biden administration is steering its work to develop markets for lower-carbon farm commodities in an unprecedented government effort to ensure Black farmers and other minority producers benefit from shifts in agricultural practices to address climate change.
The Department of Agriculture provided 45 additional days to comment on its proposed rule to address market concentration and competition, the “Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Brian Sikes has been tapped to lead Cargill as the new president and CEO at the beginning of the year, and Dale Nellor now serves as the executive vice president of the National Water Resources Association.
The Agriculture Department mailed survey codes to all of the nation’s farmers and ranchers on Tuesday with an invitation to participate in the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Following the historic daylong agriculture focus at this year’s international climate conference, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says a partnership with next year’s host nation should offer a chance for the ag sector to take an even more important role.
House Democrats will soon be under new leadership. Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will step down from leadership along with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.
