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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Producers of fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops will be asking lawmakers for more funding in the next farm bill, including new research to meet the sector’s pressing need for automation and new crop-protection products.
House Republicans are preparing to take on the Securities and Exchange Commission over its sweeping plan to require companies to track and disclose the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., says if the Farm Workforce Modernization Act can pass through Congress it will help alleviate the stress around other hot political issues.
The nation's largest railroads reached a tentative agreement with their labor unions Thursday to avert a strike that could have crippled the nation's fragile supply chains heading into harvest.
The nation’s largest railroads, aided by low summer demand and intense recruiting initiatives, have made progress in shrinking the formidable freight backlogs that congested their lines this spring. But 62,000 engineers and conductors could once again throw the rail system into disarray if they go on strike Friday.
AGCO's Eric Hansotia
discusses everything from access to affordable Semiconductor chips to his thoughts on farm equipment’s role in carbon sequestration in this wide-ranging interview.