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Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers struggle to finish farm, spending bills

09/16/18 9:08 AM By Philip Brasher

Farm bill negotiators are in danger of missing their deadline for agreeing on a new measure before the 2014 farm law expires Sept. 30 after failing to reach a deal last week.

USDA solicits new sites for research agencies

08/14/18 12:38 PM By Steve Davies and Philip Brasher

USDA is moving quickly to implement its planned move of the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., requesting “expressions of interest” (EOIs) about new locations for the two agencies.

USDA says Economic Research Service, NIFA moving out of DC

ERS to be realigned under Chief Economist

08/09/18 4:30 PM By Daniel Enoch

Hundreds of USDA workers will have to move outside the Washington, D.C., area as part of a reorganization plan announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

USDA battles costly shortage of food-animal veterinarians

05/30/18 6:35 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

An alarming shortage of food-animal veterinarians across the U.S. is causing lost livestock production, lost rural income, and serious threats to food safety and human health, stakeholders say.

USDA earmarks $2 million for alfalfa research

11/29/17 6:10 AM By Daniel Enoch

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced the eight award recipients who will share more than $2 million in Alfalfa and Forage Research Program (AFRP) funding to study an array of topics affecting the alfalfa industry.

Deadline nears for NIFA feedback

11/22/17 6:16 AM By Sara Wyant

You have only about 10 days left to let the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) know your suggestions about how to make investments in agricultural sciences and establish priorities for research, education and extension.

Open Mic: Duane Highley, CEO, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

This week’s Open Mic guest is Duane Highley, CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. This western cooperative is embracing the growing need for electric power among its one million customers and 200,000 square miles of challenging terrain with an “all of the above” approach to power generation. Highley says the cooperative is utilizing advanced battery technology to add wind and solar generation to the base load capacity of the system. At the state and federal level, Highley says rural cooperatives need faster permitting, less regulatory red tape, and better access to funds to assist in generating and delivering power to rural America.

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12.13.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 13, 2024: Sen. Boozman on farm bill, RFK, Rollins

Republicans will take control of the Senate in January, making John Boozman chairman of the Senate Ag Committee. We asked him about his plans for the committee, including collaborating with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who's in line to be the ranking member, and how Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees may influence agriculture.

Then, Laura Wood from LWP Consulting and Invariant’s Danielle Beck discuss the contentious House Ag Committee ranking member race and the future of the farm bill in a new Congress.

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