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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
The House of Representatives cleared a pair of bills critical to the livestock sector Wednesday, but the measures might face different fates in the Senate.
The Department of Agriculture is projecting a farm income boost for 2021, but growers are looking ahead to 2022 and worried about the role rising input costs will play in their bottom lines.
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag economy barometer fell in November, as producers expressed concerns about growing production costs and fluctuating commodity prices, according to a release.
Truterra, a Land O’ Lakes subsidiary focused on sustainability, announced on Monday details about the second iteration of its carbon program, which will start in 2022.
Bob Dole’s death Sunday brought a slew of tributes for the Kansas legislator who helped expand the food stamp program and whose name is on a significant international food program.
The House ventures into the debate over livestock pricing this week, taking up a bill that would require USDA to compile data on cattle contracts, while congressional Democratic leaders try to find a way to raise the debt ceiling and finalize a Senate deal on their Build Back Better plan.
Agri-Pulse has obtained the Senate's revised ag provisions for the Build Back Better bill. They would increase funding for conservation technical assistance by more than $2 billion and provide more modest increases for ag research.