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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
House Democrats kick off their public impeachment hearings this week amid pressure from farm groups to finalize a deal with the White House to act on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Rural residents are far more likely to die of preventable causes than people who live in cities, and the urban-rural gap has widened significantly in recent years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. and Chinese negotiators have agreed to eliminate some tariffs “in phases” as talks continue to finalize a partial Phase One trade deal, a spokesman for China’s Commerce Ministry said Thursday at a press conference in Beijing.
Members of the Supreme Court expressed concern Wednesday about pollution that reaches navigable waters by traveling through groundwater, but the justices also worried that residential septic tanks could get swept into the regulatory solutions.
House Democrats are about to attempt something that Washington hasn’t been done in over three decades: Enact immigration reforms that would give farmers better access to foreign workers while offering legal status to their existing employees.
Agriculture can play a key role in mitigating climate change, but more work is needed on methods of measuring the impact of changing farming practices.
Events and advancements that made agriculture the envy of the world and encouraged more people to enter farming are being threatened as the industry looks to the future.