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The Bureau of Reclamation is throwing its weight behind a plan by Arizona, Nevada and California to preserve at least 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water through 2026. 

Eight ethanol plants will be added to Summit Carbon Solutions' carbon pipeline route in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota under a new partnership with ethanol giant Valero.

A package of fiscal 2024 spending bills released by congressional leaders Sunday includes new provisions to address concerns about foreign acquisition of U.S. farmland and agribusiness interests and also provides full funding for the Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program.

President Joe Biden gives his State of the Union address this week as Congress faces a new Friday deadline to pass half its fiscal 2024 spending measures, including the bills needed to fund USDA, EPA and the Interior Department.

The Agriculture Department is pooling $13 million in Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding toward Northern bobwhite quail habitat projects under a new program, agency leaders announced Thursday.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan is forming a new Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs at the agency, which he says will “expand engagement opportunities beyond any that we've done so far.”