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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, September 06, 2024
Donald Wirz will become the new president of the San Benito County Farm Bureau and the California Manufacturers and Technology Association has brought on Robert Spiegel.
The problems farmers are having getting their products to international buyers are costing sales, cutting profits and threatening to sever precious relationships with foreign customers.
The federal government’s current approach to addressing hunger and nutrition shortcomings is failing the recipients and the taxpayer, witnesses said at a Senate Ag subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
A monthly measurement of the state of mind in farm country dropped for the second month in a row in October as farmers signaled concerns about the possibility of sharp increases to the prices of key inputs.
The impact of changing climate conditions on the world’s wheat, corn, soybean and rice production are likely to be seen sooner than previously estimated. And of those crops, only wheat is expected to see increases in yield.
In a setback for President Joe Biden's climate priorities, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., withheld his endorsement of the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill, saying it would take time to study its long-term cost and potential impact on the economy.
House Democratic leaders are working toward passing President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion package of climate measures and social spending as soon as this week, along with a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.