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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 05, 2025
Blake Zante has been named as the new executive director of The Kenneth L. Maddy Institute and Robin Vercruse has been named the executive director of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition.
The California Farm Bureau elected Shannon Douglass, who currently serves as the organization's first vice president, to replace president Jamie Johansson during the Farm Bureau’s 105th Annual Meeting in Reno.
Farmers who intend to use H-2A workers in 2024 will have to offer pay raises of up to 7%, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis of the USDA farm labor report on which the wage rates are based.
The Food and Drug Administration is promoting Namandjé Bumpus to principal deputy commissioner upon the retirement of Janet Woodcock early next year. Bumpus joined the FDA in August 2022 to serve as the agency’s chief scientist. Michael Rogers has been named associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
Agricultural entities have questioned the legal authority of two H-2A proposals that they say would dramatically alter the current employer-employee relationship and drive up costs.
Major commodity groups and the American Farm Bureau Federation are calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to overhaul a 2022 disaster assistance program that significantly prorates assistance for larger losses.
Lower turkey prices this year will help soften the cost of preparing Thanksgiving dinner this year compared to 2022, with the total price of the food down 4.5% to 9%, according to a pair of surveys.
The Biden administration’s attempt to narrowly interpret the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision has been met with lawsuits in North Dakota and Texas from more than half the states in the country and trade associations representing agriculture and a wide range of other industries.
Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees have reached agreement on a one-year farm bill extension, but its fate hinges on whether Congress can agree on a stopgap spending bill this year.
