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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, December 23, 2024
A European policymaker and senior congressman debated ag policy during USDA's Ag Outlook Forum, and a top ag economist opined that farmers are in position to handle the downturn in commodity prices, for this year at least.
Former President Donald Trump ran up his historic margin in the Iowa caucuses by maintaining his dominance with rural voters despite his challengers’ pledges to expand biofuel usage and roll back the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda.
Behind-the-scenes work on the next farm bill was top of mind for Agri-Pulse readers in 2023, with stories about marker bills and lobbying movement heavily featured in the year’s most-read stories.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who was the longest serving female senator and a long-time advocate for ag labor reform, died at her home in Washington on Thursday evening.
The pork industry isn't united over whether Congress should use the upcoming farm bill to overturn California’s Proposition 12, and a proposed legislative fix faces stiff opposition.
A congressional proposal to bar states from regulating agricultural products produced or manufactured in other states has divided governors and state agriculture officials.
As Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, animal welfare advocates are preparing to safeguard California’s Proposition 12 and similar laws regulating agricultural practices while also pushing to tighten standards for dog breeders, ban the export of horses for slaughter, and eliminate the last vestiges of animal fighting and dog racing in the United States.
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are still several months away from voting on a new farm bill, but the major issues in each of the 12 titles are coming into focus even as lawmakers continue offering new proposals they’d like to see included. Here is a summary of the issues in play as well as notable proposals lawmakers would like to see included in the bill.
California regulators are giving retailers until the end of the year to clear their supplies of pork out of compliance with the state's Proposition 12 animal housing law.
