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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
House Agriculture Committee Chair David Scott, D-Ga., said the committee is working on permanent disaster legislation to help farmers recover financially from natural disasters, but skeptics say developing a good framework could be challenging.
President Joe Biden has selected Xochitl Torres Small, a former member of the House Ag Committee, as undersecretary of rural development at the Agriculture Department.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack are taking exception to the white farmers who are challenging a debt relief program for minority producers.
The USDA is reversing a rule proposed during the Trump Administration that would have tightened the categorical eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and removed eligibility for up to 3 million people.
USDA's Agricultural Research Service and US Biologic announced recently that their researchers have developed an oral solution to fight the parasitic disease poultry coccidiosis.
USDA is using a new round of coronavirus relief funding to help farmers who serve local markets and socially disadvantaged producers. Food banks also will benefit from the $1 billion in funding that USDA is allocating.
USDA's Farm Service Agency recently announced a multiyear $10 million initiative aimed at quantifying the benefits of Conservation Reserve Program contracts.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget calls for millions of dollars to support new farmers and ranchers. Specifically, it proposes $10 million for beginning farmer and rancher training and farm management apprenticeship programs, which is a new budget proposal but still less than some farm advocates were hoping.
The Census of Agriculture will be taken again next year and may reflect changes from additional challenges such as increased labor costs, water scarcity and environmental regulations.
