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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
President Joe Biden took on food companies over pricing and forcefully challenged Republicans and Donald Trump over the border, the economy, China and other issues in the last State of the Union address of his term.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday finalized the first requirements for large corporations to disclose their carbon footprint but scrapped a plan opposed by farm groups to mandate tracking of the greenhouse gas emissions in company supply chains.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack made a series of energy infrastructure announcements Wednesday, including the first under an Inflation Reduction Act effort to stand up renewable energy projects in rural America.
USDA has decided to reduce the kind of data farmers must provide through the department's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative due to concerns the information requirements could limit producer participation.
Farmers, ranchers, foresters and other landowners are beginning to realize the benefits of carbon markets, and companies are working to balance dreams of the marketplace with reality.
Farmers will face increases in both income taxes and estate taxes after 2025, if Congress fails to extend expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to an analysis by USDA’s Economic Research Service.
The Bureau of Reclamation is throwing its weight behind a plan by Arizona, Nevada and California to preserve at least 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water through 2026.
USDA is releasing a final rule today under the Packers and Stockyards Act to protect meat and poultry producers from discrimination and retaliation by packers, swine dealers and live poultry dealers.
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