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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 05, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted plenty of commodity markets and some of the most glaring examples occurred in the dairy industry. Now, the industry is looking to recoup losses and prevent the problem from recurring, but dairy leaders are far from united on the path forward.
Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who’s one of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s newest members, is jumping into a range of farm policy issues, including pushing for as much as $20 billion a year in new conservation spending to be part of an upcoming climate and infrastructure package.
Nearly 300 organizations exporting ag and forest products are urging Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to protect exporters and their access to foreign markets.
The Environmental Protection Agency must revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos or modify them to meet a federal food safety law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, with backing from former President Trump’s immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, alleges in a lawsuit that the new $4 billion debt relief plan for minority farmers unconstitutionally excludes white producers.
Assembly Agriculture Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister is pushing for California to clean up all of its surface waters enough to be drinkable, fishable and swimmable by 2050.
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