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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Ag policy veteran and current National Council of Farmer Cooperatives leader Chuck Conner announced Monday he will retire in December 2025, initiating the search for a new CEO.
In this opinion piece, Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, highlights the impact that EATS will have on many farmers who have invested in more extensive systems and who are depending on the California and Massachusetts markets.
While farm bill negotiations continue, advocates for greater agriculture research investments are cautiously optimistic a final product could deliver some much-needed wins to bolster U.S. innovation.
Democrats are panning Senate Republicans’ farm bill proposal for crossing their red lines on nutrition and conservation funding, but many farm groups say the release of the GOP plan is a sign of progress.
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is set to roll out its fiscal 2025 spending bill as the House GOP makes another run this year at slashing domestic spending programs. The subcommittee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the FY25 Agriculture bill, which funds USDA and FDA as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The Biden administration, USDA, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have found something to agree on when it comes to the meatpacking industry: The next farm bill needs to do more to help smaller-local meat processors get up and running.
The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee on Friday accused the panel’s majority Republicans of “abandoning bipartisanship” to push through a farm bill next month that will include restrictions on nutrition assistance and the Commodity Credit Corporation that are unacceptable to Democrats.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday there is a “concerted” effort in Congress to pass a farm bill this year, but also suggested that hardline conservative demands are making the effort more challenging for House Republicans.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., doubled down Monday on her warning that GOP attempts to fund the farm bill through a reduction in projected spending on nutrition assistance would fracture the bipartisan, urban-rural coalition needed to pass the farm bill.
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