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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
The session began with more than 2,000 bills in play and now only a handful remain in the industry’s crosshairs as lawmakers return to the Capitol to wrap up business.
Homes remain expensive and out of reach for many millennials and they have responded by saving less, spending more and shopping for more affordable foods to make up the difference.
California is receiving a $600 million federal grant to increase transmission capacity and clean energy access, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday.
The Agriculture Department is launching a $400 million effort with 18 irrigation districts to pay Western farmers to cut back on water use, so long as they promise to keep farming.
The average dairy herd has grown by about 150% over the past two decades, according to a study by USDA’s Economic Research Service that also confirms the growing significance of Texas and Idaho in dairy production.
A $1.3 million investment from the United Soybean Board and other soybean associations will double the export capability of Washington’s Port of Grays Harbor to 6 million metric tons of soybean meal.
USDA has cut by more than half the number of quarantines imposed in California over the last year to prevent the spread of fruit fly discovered in the Los Angeles area last July.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has proposed a framework that would prevent some poultry products contaminated with certain salmonella levels from entering the market, and make those items subject to recall.
EPA has proposed a strategy to reduce insecticide exposure to hundreds of federally listed endangered species that includes a wide range of mitigation measures addressing spray drift and erosion.
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has a decidedly mixed record when it comes to agriculture in her home state of California, the nation’s No. 1 state by far in agricultural production.
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