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A slight change to the policies of the nation’s largest farm organization could open the door to more support for future immigration legislation.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s against a proposal to be more restrictive with future rewrites of the Thrifty Food Plan, the calculation used to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Salt Lake City today to speak at the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation’s largest general farm organization.

Farmers continue to show interest in carbon markets, but they expect to see some payments from them, according to our exclusive Agri-Pulse poll of U.S. producers.

Despite a looming government shutdown amid talks to secure another continuing resolution, as well as upcoming elections, Congress needs to make sure it passes a farm bill this year, says the leader of the nation’s largest farm organization.

The congressional budget fight could result in some significant cuts to programs at USDA and elsewhere in the government, based on an analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office.

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.

A coalition of biofuels groups is pushing back at a federal appeals court ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals last week vacated multiple denials of small refinery exemption requests from the biofuel blending mandates, ruling that the agency had used an “impermissibly retroactive” standard.

Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees insist they’ll move ahead as quickly as possible next year to write a new farm bill.