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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith, is our guest on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers this week. He talks about the tax issues facing Congress next year, and the differences between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris when it comes to trade as well as tax policy.
The Biden administration’s release of principles to ensure integrity in voluntary carbon markets are being welcomed by observers of – and participants in – the growing marketplace, who say it’s sign that the government is following the private sector’s lead.
Autumn Price moves to a new role and American Farmland Trust has hired Bonnie Michelle McGill as the senior climate and soil health scientist and Rachel Seman-Varner as the senior soil health and biochar scientist.
Democratic congressional leaders are under pressure from progressives to fund as many social programs as possible as the Build Back Better plan is pared back. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday that discussions are continuing about what to fund.
Ben Maddox has been tapped as Bank of America’s western food, agriculture and wine executive and Governor Gavin Newsom appoints three to the California Water Commission.
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Virginia Ag Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh as his selection for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Janet McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
