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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 04, 2024
A nationalized version of a crop insurance discount program for farmers who plant cover crops in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa is one of the ideas the table for the next farm bill, as lawmakers and environmental groups look for new ways to incentivize cover crops.
Competition for irrigation water is heating up across the West and Plains states and the battles are expected to become more intense in coming years. With that in mind, Nebraska is taking a proactive approach to ensure access to water when it’s needed, even at the risk of starting a dispute with its neighbors in Colorado.
Gene-edited fruits, vegetables and other specialty crops are likely to hit the market in increasing numbers over the next five years to meet consumer demand for improved traits, according to a report by Rabobank.
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the administration’s chief agricultural negotiator is expected to get committee approval this week as lawmakers start wrapping up their pre-election to-do list.
The top Republican on the House Ag Committee is making clear he wants nothing to do with some proposals by fellow conservatives to slash farm bill programs.
The House Ag Committee’s top Republican plans to pursue an aggressive farm bill oversight and pesticide legislation reauthorization timeline in the event the GOP is successful in its effort to take the House majority in the midterm elections.
Freezing the wage rate paid to farmworkers in the U.S. under the H-2A program “could encourage a faster expansion” of the program and may reduce the wages of the U.S. domestic workers who account for 90% of average employment on U.S. crop farms, the Economic Research Service said in a report released Tuesday.
The much-anticipated White House hunger and nutrition conference set for Sept. 28 will feature the release of a national strategy that's expected to lay out a blueprint for ending hunger and addressing diet-related diseases that could very well embrace the old parental admonition: Eat your vegetables.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making headway on a major Mississippi River project that will make barge transportation on the river more efficient.
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