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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Business groups and congressional Republicans are ready to remake the administrative state following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision overruling the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year-old precedent that required courts to defer to federal agencies in interpreting ambiguous laws.
The renewable diesel boom driven by a slate of federal and state policies has brought with it a surge in demand for imports of animal fats and vegetable oils to be used as feedstocks that could continue growing in 2025 as tax credits shift to incentivize in-country production of the fuel.
The Agriculture Department's inspections of avocados and mangoes in Mexico’s largest avocado-producing state will resume following an attack on U.S. employees earlier this month.
The United States has paused inspections of avocados and mangos from Michoacán, Mexico, after two USDA employees were assaulted and temporarily held captive during field inspections, according to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
Former President Donald Trump made a case to House Republicans for higher tariffs on China to protect U.S. industries, lawmakers said after the meeting with him on Capitol Hill Thursday.
The Port of Baltimore, a major national shipping point for farm equipment equipment and commodities including sugar, has fully reopened for commerce following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
House Republicans are proposing more modest cuts to spending at USDA than GOP appropriators tried last year, but they also are attempting to block USDA's new regulations for the meat and poultry industry and slow down new food traceability requirements.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to spend a record $456 million on inland waterway construction projects this year, making major headway in addressing a backlog of infrastructure projects vital to shipping.