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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
An Arkansas Republican who's co-leading a House Agriculture Committee working group on farm labor says the ongoing problems at the U.S-Mexico border make it harder for lawmakers to address producers' need for more workers.
A senior Republican on the House Ag Committee, Arkansas Rep. Rick Crawford, says little legislatively is likely to get done this year after March, given the political calendar.
Lawmakers are rushing to finalize a new budget for USDA and several other departments and agencies after the White House and congressional leaders announced a deal Sunday on overall funding limits for fiscal 2024.
Congress starts the new year the way it ended a chaotic 2023, with an unresolved standoff over appropriations for the fiscal year that started Oct. 1 and no certainty about when, or even whether, lawmakers will move a new farm bill in 2024.
Through its first three years, the Biden administration has been moving – quickly in some cases, more slowly in others – to implement its regulatory agenda, the success of which will depend in large part on what happens in 2024.
FDA's newly appointed deputy commissioner for human foods says a proposed reorganization of the agency should correct longstanding structural flaws exposed by last year's infant formula crisis.
