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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Groups representing producers of U.S. row crops are far from united on what Congress should do to improve commodity programs, even as the House and Senate Agriculture committees look to start writing a new farm bill in coming weeks.
Farm groups are calling for Agriculture Department loan program payment rates to be increased in the upcoming farm bill, while agency officials look at other ways to make the programs more accessible and flexible for producers.
The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program is funding 10-year awards for farmer-driven grants and grassroots education programs at five universities.
Enforcement of the Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule is now blocked in 27 states following an appeals court decision out of Cincinnati Thursday in a challenge brought by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and business groups.
The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to increase oversight of animal feeding operations in Pennsylvania, including potentially designating them as point sources that would require discharge permits under the Clean Water Act.
Passage of the Consumer Right to Repair Agriculture Equipment Act makes Colorado the first U.S. state to allow farmers to legally fix their own equipment.
Jenny Lester Moffitt, USDA's undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, told lawmakers Tuesday that the agency is taking an eradication-based approach to highly pathogenic avian influenza.