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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
With record-breaking temperatures continuing nationwide, the Labor Department has issued its first-ever hazard alert for heat and plans to step up enforcement in agriculture and construction, which are considered high-risk industries.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s budget would be slashed to its lowest level since 1991 in a spending bill approved by the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee Wednesday.
The Department of Agriculture says the investments in the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program will pay off in the form of data on a broad range of conservation practices.
All levels of government need better tools to predict the location and timing of wildfires, which destroy property but also cause health problems for firefighters and the public, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee heard Wednesday.
The House Agriculture Committee is set to hold its first hearing this year on farm bill nutrition programs, while a Senate Agriculture subcommittee this week will analyze the horticulture title.
Renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés is partnering with George Washington University to find solutions to food issues through the new Global Food Institute.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with President Joe Biden this week as Republicans push for a deal pairing spending cuts with a debt ceiling increase, while the Congressional Budget Office will release new economic projections that could make it easier – or harder – for lawmakers to write a new farm bill.
Proponents of conservation drainage management got a bit of good news recently about the $19.5 billion allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act: The Natural Resources Conservation Service said CDM practices could be eligible for some of that money.
If current environmental trends continue through the end of the century, the world could see corn production decline by 40 percent but wheat yields gain 30-40 percent, according to a top NASA scientist.