Articles Tagged with ''usda''

Robert Bonnie has been tapped to be the next USDA undersecretary for farm production and conservation programs, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai appoints Elizabeth Baltzan as a senior adviser.

A landmark bill aimed at smoothing the development of ag carbon markets has been thoroughly rewritten to protect farmers and to give them more say over the certification of credit verifiers and technical advisers.

Some of the most vocal criticisms of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was that it did not include provisions to address climate change. It’s a view that U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Thursday that she shares and went on to provide rationale for making environmental protection a much bigger factor in future of trade policy.

The Agriculture Department is ending the Farmers to Families Food Box program and shifting to more effective ways of delivering fresh produce and dairy products, says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Heather Fuller has moved up to vice president of sales at Braga Fresh and Jill Scofield has been hired by the North American Blueberry Council and the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.

President Joe Biden pitches his $2.7 trillion infrastructure package to lawmakers from both parties this week, while Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will testify before House appropriators on the heels of Biden proposing a huge increase in spending for USDA.

President Joe Biden released a fiscal 2022 budget outline Friday that includes a $3.8 billion increase for the Agriculture Department that is heavily directed toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making farms and forests more resilient to climate change.

New regulations in Mexico threaten to disrupt more than $100 million in organic food trade with the U.S., and the Biden administration has less than three months to address the situation before the requirements take effect.

USDA wants to hear from the public on its plans to create a new Rural Renewable Energy Pilot Program.

In this opinion piece, Lloyd Ritter with the Agriculture Energy Coalition discusses how USDA can expand and improve already existing programs to be climate focused.