We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Terms and Cookie Policy
Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, February 17, 2025
President Biden is meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., this week in a bid to address the key lawmaker’s concerns about the administration’s Build Back Better bill.
Western Growers has named Steve Mangapit as the organizations first chief operating officer, Jacob Villagomez has joined California Citrus Mutual and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has brought on Allen Curry and Johnnie Siliznoff.
The House is scheduled to vote today on both a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the larger Build Back Better package of climate measures and social spending.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be part of the U.S. delegation to the international climate conference that starts Oct. 31 in Glasgow, a USDA spokeswoman confirms.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott tells Agri-Pulse that he wants to make sure that carbon markets are going to be workable for farmers and won’t harm food production.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, says Democrats can’t pass a tax proposal that is raising alarms with farmers. That includes a transfer tax on inherited assets that would nullify the benefits of stepped-up basis.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Michael Flores to be the deputy secretary at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Farmers Business Network has hired Ken Barbic.
President Biden’s sweeping executive order pledges to address the corporate consolidation in U.S. agribusiness that has long frustrated many farmers, but his administration still has a lot of work to do to deliver on his promised relief.
President Biden is expected to sign his executive order today addressing concentration in agribusiness, transportation and other sectors. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to promote the White House initiative.
President Joe Biden released his full budget request for fiscal 2022, detailing his plans to ramp up spending at the Agriculture Department for climate research and agricultural adaptation while also increasing spending for environmental regulation at the Environmental Protection Agency and Interior Department.
