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Thursday, December 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, Mar. 17, 2017 - The Senate is finally starting to move on Sonny Perdue’s nomination to become agriculture secretary. Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee announced last night that they will hold Perdue’s confirmation hearing next Thursday.
(This is the fifth article in our new Agri-Pulse series, “The Seven Things You Should Know Before You Write the Next Farm Bill.” Each segment provides important background and “lessons learned” that can help inform and stimulate debate before formal work starts on writing the next farm bill.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15, 2017 - Farmers and ranchers are making sure that the White House and Capitol Hill know that they are worried about President Trump’s trade policy.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2017 – The four leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees will all be featured speakers at the upcoming Agri-Pulse Farm Bill Summit. The event, “Harvesting Farm Bill Perspectives,” will be held March 20 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8, 2017 - There’s a major new farm bill proposal on the table. The National Milk Producers Federation is recommending a series of changes to the Margin Protection Program to ensure dairy producers have a better shot at getting payments under the plan.
(This is the fourth article in our new Agri-Pulse series: “The seven things you should know before you write the next farm bill.” Each segment provides important background and “lessons learned” that can help inform and stimulate debate before formal work starts on writing the next farm bill.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 - The Senate Agriculture Committee launched its hearings on the new farm bill, hearing from farmers in Kansas who appealed for changes to some commodity programs, new support for cotton growers and continued funding for conservation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 - USDA’s 93rd annual Agricultural Outlook Forum kicks off today outside the nation’s capital. House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway will keynote the morning session, and the crowd will also hear from President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to China, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - On Sonny Perdue’s first day in office as the next agriculture secretary – should he be confirmed – he will be presented with options on how to restructure USDA to include a new under secretary to deal solely with international trade, government sources say.
