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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Crop insurance companies and their agents have spent years fighting off cuts in Congress or at USDA. Now, they're arguing limits imposed more than a decade ago are unfairly shrinking returns for specialty crop policies, a priority sector for policymakers, and appealing for an increase in federal reimbursement.
The nation’s largest farm group is throwing its weight behind a petition the National Milk Producers filed with USDA to reform federal milk marketing orders.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with President Joe Biden this week as Republicans push for a deal pairing spending cuts with a debt ceiling increase, while the Congressional Budget Office will release new economic projections that could make it easier – or harder – for lawmakers to write a new farm bill.
In less than a week, the governor’s administration drafted and then lawmakers passed a bill making substantial changes to elections for farmworker unions.
Central Valley lawmakers are gaining ground in the Legislature with three measures that would expedite environmental permits and limit lawsuits with new water projects.
California’s Farm to Family Program has grown substantially over the past five years. Yet one in five Californians face food insecurity and the state is poised to lose a third of the meals in its food safety net.
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