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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 04, 2024
A bipartisan measure being introduced today in the House and Senate would increase the number of technical service advisers available to help farmers take advantage of USDA conservation programs.
Environmental claims, including those related to carbon reductions, need to be better defined and policed, commenters told the Federal Trade Commission as it considers revisions to guidance long used by industry.
House Ag Committee Chair Glenn Thompson tells Agri-Pulse he’s looking at several options for funding the next farm bill, including restrictions on the Commodity Credit Corp. and unspent pandemic relief assistance.
Brazil is finishing up the harvest of a record-breaking crop this year, and USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is now predicting the country’s farmers will plant an even bigger one for the 2023-24 marketing year.
The Biden administration is duplicating last year’s effort to use Clean Air Act emergency waiver authority that will allow consumers to purchase E15 throughout the upcoming summer driving season.
A key House Republican wants to reinstate a restriction on USDA’s use of its Commodity Credit Corp. Rep. Andy Harris, who chairs the House Ag Appropriations Subcommittee, claims Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack misused the CCC to fund the $3 billion Partnerships in Climate-Smart Commodities initiative.
USDA has completed negotiations on more than 35 projects that are receiving funding under the department’s $3.1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday.
Lawmakers have their work cut for them when it comes to figuring out how to satisfy all the row crop producers with a stake in the farm bill commodity title.
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