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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 03, 2024
Congress is not in session this week, but the House and Senate Ag Committees will get some new marching orders from major farm and food groups when it comes to the next farm bill.
Leaders of the House Agriculture Committee have announced the rosters of its newly reorganized subcommittees, two of which will have equal party representation.
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is pressing for legislation allowing use of E15 throughout the year in the face of delayed action from the Environmental Protection Agency.
The government could help farmers adapt to climate change by tying crop insurance premium subsidies or commodity program eligibility to the adoption of practices that can protect producers against drought, floods and other climate-related disasters, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Agriculture Department will begin receiving applications for the Conservation Reserve Program general signup on February 27 with the hopes that it reaches the 27-million-acre cap set for this year.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reinstate protections for farmworkers exposed to pesticides, officially dumping a 2020 Trump administration rule that went into effect briefly before the Biden administration took office.
Senators and witnesses at a hearing Wednesday expressed sharp differences over the need for – and impacts of – a potential national low carbon fuel standard.
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