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Bipartisan Senate bill refocuses conservation programs

03/15/18 12:00 AM By Philip Brasher

A new bipartisan Senate proposal to reform USDA’s three largest conservation programs departs sharply from what is expected to be in the House farm bill while putting an emphasis on protecting water quality.

House joins Senate with legislation to exempt manure emissions from federal reporting requirements

03/14/18 6:03 PM By Steve Davies

Efforts to exempt ranchers and concentrated animal feeding operations from air emissions reporting requirements took a step forward Wednesday with the introduction of a bill in the House that boasts 85 co-sponsors.

PRIA reauthorization effort going down to the wire

03/14/18 3:20 PM By Steve Davies

Once again, a budget deadline is approaching with serious implications for EPA's fee-based pesticide registration program, which has been kept alive with stopgap funding bills since the federal fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

New farm bill could make major changes to conservation programs

03/14/18 5:52 AM By Philip Brasher

The future of the Conservation Stewardship Program, created in 2002 to steer farm payments toward environmental benefits, is in doubt as Congress prepares to debate a new farm bill.

Experts duel at court hearing on Roundup and cancer

03/14/18 5:40 AM By Steve Davies

It was the battle of the experts at what was dubbed "Science Week" in a federal court in California last week, as lawyers for plaintiffs and for defendant Monsanto put witnesses on the stand who tried to explain the intricacies of toxicology and epidemiology to a federal and a state judge.

FFAR earmarks $7M for pollinator research

03/14/18 5:20 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is putting up $7 million for 16 research grants to address declining pollinator health.

Biodiesel Board to testify in favor of tax credit extension

03/14/18 5:05 AM By Spencer Chase

The National Biodiesel Board is once again pushing for an extension of the biodiesel tax credit and will testify before a House subcommittee today to make their case.

Army Corps found liable for Missouri River flooding

03/13/18 9:11 PM By Sara Wyant

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for flooding and damaging farms and property in four Midwest states along the Missouri River: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.

Washington Week Ahead: Conaway seeks to save farm bill

03/11/18 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway looks to quell a Democratic revolt over his draft farm bill, just a week before his panel’s planned votes on it, while ethanol producers step up their efforts to head off a cap sought by refiners on the prices of biofuel credits.

Update: White House calls off biofuels meeting

Oil, biofuel interests were originally set to meet Monday morning

03/09/18 12:06 PM By Spencer Chase

The next meeting in the debate over the future of biofuels policy set for Monday morning has been called off, sources tell Agri-Pulse.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kip Eideberg, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice-President Government and Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Like the industries they serve, equipment manufacturers are familiar with the cyclical turns in farming, forestry, construction and mining. Eideberg says higher interest rates, a lack of trade agreements and sluggish economies around the globe and in the U.S. are proving challenging for the customers to make capital purchases. Eideberg is hopeful Congress will bring a new farm bill in the Lame Duck session or at least early next year. He says tax policy will also be critical next year as both industry and customers need amended policy on deductions for research as well as depreciation.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 1, 2024: WFP Laureate Cary Fowler at Borlaug Dialogue

2024 World Food Prize laureates Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin were honored for their life work protecting crop biodiversity at the Borlaug International Dialogue. We asked Fowler about the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Then, Jim Snee, CEO of Hormel, and his wife Tammy discuss Hormel’s Hometown Food Security Project, and Manuel Otero, IICA director general, spoke on farmers’ challenges to adopt new technology.

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