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Bioplastics can boost plastics industry and farm income

06/27/18 6:25 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

Traditional petroleum-based plastics that can survive for centuries are piling ever deeper across once pristine beaches and ocean floors around the world. According to a report from the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, “the ocean is expected to contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight).”

How sorghum's drought-resistant genes could benefit other crops

06/27/18 6:20 AM By Tyler Ash

University of California researchers are on the path to discovering genes that assist in drought resistance in sorghum, which could potentially be applied to other important cereal crops like corn, wheat, rice and barley in the years to come.

EPA's proposed RVO numbers draw mixed reviews

06/26/18 1:57 PM By Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Volume Obligation proposal, released Tuesday, includes a 2019 target for advanced biofuels that is nearly 600 million gallons higher than 2018, but does not attempt to reallocate gallons left unblended because of waivers given to refiners.

White House criticizes Senate farm bill but avoids veto threat

06/26/18 12:02 PM By Philip Brasher

The White House criticized the Senate farm bill for not tightening work requirements for food stamp recipients and omitting regulatory reform proposals, but the administration notably stopped short of threatening a veto of the legislation.

Washington Week Ahead: Senate set to debate farm bill amid amendment struggle

06/24/18 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

The Senate is set to debate a popular bipartisan farm bill this week that senators from both parties are eager to pass amid the uncertainty in rural America over President Donald Trump’s trade policy.

RVO volumes said to rise in upcoming EPA proposal

06/22/18 4:16 PM By Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency is prepared to propose a boost in renewable fuel volumes for 2019, according to news reports confirmed by Agri-Pulse.

Trump administration plan would shift USDA programs

Department’s nutrition, housing, food safety programs would be on the move

06/21/18 4:21 PM By Spencer Chase

A plan announced today by the Trump administration would shift Department of Agriculture programs to different government agencies, dramatically shrinking the size and scope of the department.

House GOP pushes through farm bill on second try

06/21/18 4:05 PM By Philip Brasher

House Republicans revived their farm bill and its expanded work rules for food stamp recipients by narrowly passing the legislation with the help of conservatives who had used the measure as leverage to get the House to act on immigration policy.

Bipartisan group organized to promote carbon capture

06/21/18 9:30 AM By Sandra Cowherd

A new national effort, providing state executive leadership on carbon capture policy and technology deployment, mobilizes this week.

Lawmakers step up their water infrastructure game

06/20/18 6:37 AM By Ed Maixner

Congress is bent on expanding water projects coast to coast, while the White House pinches the Corps of Engineers' budget.

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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