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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, September 01, 2024
EPA Administrator Michael Regan is going to take his turn before the House Ag Committee, where he’s certain to face a broad range of questions, from “waters of the U.S.” to biofuel policy and pesticide regulation.
Alyssa Houtby has joined the North American Blueberry Council as the new director of government affairs and Loree Dowse and Paul Ensley have joined Church Bros. Farms.
Erick Lutt is now the director of federal government affairs for Bayer U.S., Crop Science based in Washington D.C., and new staffers are added to the House Agriculture Committee for both the Republican and Democratic staff.
Rep. Brad Finstad, who is leading the House Agriculture subcommittee responsible for overseeing the farm bill's nutrition assistance programs, says lawmakers must ensure they offer "people a hand up, not just a handout."
The Senate Agriculture Committee will turn its focus to farm bill conservation programs this week, while House Republicans put the spotlight on the Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule and other regulatory issues.
Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Eric Guerra, V. Manuel Perez, Bill Quirk, and Susan Shaheen to the California Air Resources Board and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh has announced she will step down from USDA's No. 2 position.
A new subcommittee structure would put foreign agriculture and nutrition policy under the same umbrella as part of broader changes to the House Ag Committee’s oversight of the nation’s agriculture and food policy.