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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
The seed industry is stressing the need for more public funding to augment resources from the private sector, not just for research but for aging infrastructure at land-grant universities, as Congress prepares to start work on the farm bill next year.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new round of climate-smart commodities projects, funding smaller initiatives that target niche markets and often have a greater role for minority farmers and institutions.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce a new round of projects today that will test approaches to developing and marketing low-carbon commodities.
Congress faces a Friday deadline for keeping the government funded, while the Agriculture Department this week will announce a second round of projects that will test approaches to developing and marketing low-carbon commodities.
A request from several Midwest governors to sell E15 year-round in their home states is now before the White House Office of Management and Budget. The news comes as 24 House members introduced a bill to match Senate legislation on the subject.
The likely next chair of the House Ag Committee says the next farm bill needs to bolster the existing programs used by farmers to manage risk and lessen the need on ad hoc assistance.
Leon Panetta, a former CIA director and secretary of defense under President Barack Obama, delivers a forceful call for both political parties to work together to bolster U.S. agriculture and address the nation’s fiscal problems.