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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The House is pressing ahead with a partisan infrastructure bill this week at the same time there is uncertainty about the future of a freshly minted, $1.2 trillion agreement between President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators.
Nichole Morgan has been appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve on the State Water Resources Control Board and Sec. Tom Vilsack's communications director leaves USDA.
President Joe Biden heads to Brussels for meetings this week with European Union for discussions likely to touch on ongoing trade disputes, while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack heads to Capitol Hill to face questioning about his policy plans.
House Democrats plan to advance a major piece of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan this week as he remains far apart from Republicans on a broader deal.
President Joe Biden this week releases his first full budget, detailing both his short-term and long-term spending priorities, while he remains far apart from Senate Republicans on a deal around infrastructure spending.
The Agriculture Department issued a climate strategy Thursday that heavily focuses on measuring the impact of climate-friendly practices, taking steps to facilitate private carbon markets and ensuring all farmers can benefit financially from addressing climate change.
President Joe Biden's goal of making U.S. electric power carbon-free by 2035 looks very doable or quite challenging and expensive to meet depending on where you live, work or farm in rural America.
Representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada sit down to hash out trade disagreements this week, while President Joe Biden continues discussions with Republicans on an infrastructure package.
President Joe Biden tries this week to sell congressional Republicans on his massive spending plans and tax proposals, while his nominee for the No. 2 position at the Agriculture Department moves closer to a final Senate vote.
Democrats representing heavily agricultural districts are urging House leaders to fully exempt family-owned farms from President Joe Biden’s plan to tax appreciated assets at death.
