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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
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.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack faces the Senate Agriculture Committee this week amid uncertainty about the path for a new farm bill and ongoing jousting between the Biden administration and Republicans over the economy and federal spending.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam said his agency would continue to work to maintain the integrity of voluntary carbon markets within the authority granted to the CFTC, but also warned of the potential for fraud as those markets develop.
President Joe Biden will propose new tax increases with his fiscal 2024 budget this week, while the Republican-controlled House will force a vote on killing the administration’s new rule that expands the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved the long-delayed nomination of veteran civil rights lawyer Margo Schlanger to lead the Agriculture Department’s civil rights office, but GOP opposition is likely to slow down the full Senate's consideration of her.
The Congressional Budget Office is raising its cost estimate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by $93 billion over the next 10 years, or about 8.4%, due in part to expected benefit recalculations authorized by the 2018 farm bill.