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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Lawmakers return this week for the remainder of their lame duck session, facing a to-do list that includes passing a farm bill extension and averting a government shutdown. Also, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy head to Capitol Hill, and a Senate committee puts a focus on FDA and its role in combatting obesity..
EPA Administrator Michael Regan expects Kamala Harris to build on the Biden administration’s climate policy and environmental justice initiatives, if she's elected to the presidency.
A project that aims to create standards and build up the hemp building and construction industry, a market advocates say holds major environmental and economic potential, was selected for federal funding. While industrial hemp has made several advancements, advocates are worried an amendment included in the House farm bill could cause havoc and limit further growth.
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has a decidedly mixed record when it comes to agriculture in her home state of California, the nation’s No. 1 state by far in agricultural production.
The Agriculture Department is proposing to scrap a change made by the 2018 farm bill to the way fluid milk is priced under federal milk marketing orders. The proposal is part of a broader plan, which must be approved by producers, to reform the pricing of dairy products.
Farm groups on Thursday welcomed congressional approval of a continuing resolution that includes a one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill, ensuring that existing commodity programs will operate normally for 2024 crops.
Congress is almost certain to move an extension of the 2018 farm bill in the next month or two, and it could shake up cost estimates for modifications to commodity programs and other provisions.
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use his Commodity Credit Corp. spending authority for trade promotion purposes and purchases of commodities for international food aid.
As Congress prepares to begin replacing the 2018 farm bill with new legislation, a thorough study of how long the process has taken before offers insight into how long the upcoming undertaking might last.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson said Wednesday he doesn't expect the panel to try to tighten work rules in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, an issue that has the potential to divide Republicans in the upcoming farm bill debate.
