Articles Tagged with ''Joe Biden''

Daybreak May 3: EPA'S Regan to visit Iowa Tuesday

05/03/21 10:00 AM By Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Philip Brasher

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan is scheduled to visit central Iowa Tuesday, sources tell Agri-Pulse.

Daybreak April 29: Biden defends tax proposals, calls for immigration reform

04/29/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Spencer Chase, Bill Tomson, and Ben Nuelle

President Joe Biden gave a shout-out to cover crops in his first address to Congress as he pitched his spending plans for climate and infrastructure

Daybreak April 28: Biden targets heirs in $1.8T spending plan

04/28/21 7:56 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Joe Biden today is proposing a $1.8 billion package of spending on child nutrition and other social needs that would be paid for in part by new taxes on inherited assets. The president’s plan promises to protect family-run farms from the new taxes as long as the farms stay in operation.

Biden wants new taxes on inherited assets, promises to shield farms

04/28/21 7:00 AM By Philip Brasher

President Joe Biden wants to impose capital gains taxes on inherited assets, with promised protections for farms and other family-owned businesses that continue in operation. The change would help pay for a $1.8 trillion package of social benefits, including expanded child nutrition assistance, health insurance subsidies and free community college.

US lawmakers look to trade to counter China’s strength

04/28/21 6:43 AM By Bill Tomson

Lawmakers, lobbyists and farm groups are anxious for the Biden administration to take its first concrete steps to begin negotiating international trade agreements and reform at the World Trade Organization to improve international access for U.S. goods as well as rein in China’s expanding global influence.

Vilsack slams critics for claiming Biden wants to cut meat consumption

04/26/21 4:04 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack denies that there is any effort by President Joe Biden to reduce meat consumption in order to meet the new U.S pledge to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

Daybreak April 26: New tax proposals, spending on tap

04/26/21 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, and Ben Nuelle

President Joe Biden is expected to release a new round of spending proposals this week, plus the tax increases to pay for them. Farm groups have been raising concerns for weeks about those tax proposals in the expectation they will include either the elimination of stepped-up basis or a new “transfer” tax on inherited assets.

Washington Week Ahead: Biden proposing tax hikes, SCOTUS mulls ethanol case

04/25/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

Farm groups are bracing for President Joe Biden to propose higher taxes on inherited assets and capital gains this week, while the Supreme Court takes up the authority of EPA to exempt refiners from biofuel usage requirements.

Daybreak April 23: Vilsack defends planned CRP expansion

04/23/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

The nation’s largest farm group is calling on the White House to clarify President Joe Biden’s goal of conserving 30% of U.S. land by 2030.

“The concerns of farmers and ranchers are escalating regarding the intent of the 30x30 goal, the definition of conservation, and the metrics for defining success, among other things,” the American Farm Bureau Federation says in a letter to the White House.

Vilsack: No intent of 'land grab' in Biden's 30x30 goal

04/22/21 12:32 PM By Philip Brasher

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack denied Thursday that President Joe Biden’s goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s land by 2030 is a “land grab” but is instead intended to protect “private, working lands" through voluntary programs.

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12.20.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 20, 2024: Todd Van Hoose on Farm Credit System, farm economy

The Farm Credit System has experienced many changes in recent decades to better support rural America. Todd Van Hoose, retiring president and CEO of the Farm Credit Council, discussed the viability of lenders in 2025 and looked back at a historic farm bill advocacy push. Christy Seyfert will succeed Van Hoose in January.

Then, The Russell Group’s Jessica Schulken and John Weber from Monument Advocacy discuss the potential impacts of DOGE and what influence RFK Jr. may have on the food and agriculture industries.

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