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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The American Farm Bureau Federation is appealing to Congress to increase commodity program reference prices and marketing loan rates in the next farm bill while also increasing assistance for dairy producers.
The Senate Agriculture Committee plans a few farm bill hearings before the end of the year with an eye toward trying to get a new bill enacted as soon as 2023.
The White House has launched an effort to get Medicare and Medicaid, and eventually private health plans, to provide medically tailored meals to all Americans, a goal that produce growers hope will ultimately expand consumption of fruits and vegetables.
As parts of the Southeast get a better handle on the damages inflicted by Hurricane Ian, a North Carolina Republican says legislation he has authored could be helpful in the rebuilding effort.
Producers of fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops will be asking lawmakers for more funding in the next farm bill, including new research to meet the sector’s pressing need for automation and new crop-protection products.
A Kansas Republican says he wants to make sure crop insurance is protected if any kind of permanent disaster program is written into the upcoming farm bill.
The Senate Agriculture Committee holds a long-awaited hearing this week on two more USDA nominees, including department’s undersecretary for trade, as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack struggles to fill out his team 21 months into the administration.
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, heads to Capitol Hill this week to face lawmakers who are sharply divided over the agency’s plan to require corporations to track and disclose greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.
The House Ag Committee’s top Republican plans to pursue an aggressive farm bill oversight and pesticide legislation reauthorization timeline in the event the GOP is successful in its effort to take the House majority in the midterm elections.
The much-anticipated White House hunger and nutrition conference set for Sept. 28 will feature the release of a national strategy that's expected to lay out a blueprint for ending hunger and addressing diet-related diseases that could very well embrace the old parental admonition: Eat your vegetables.
