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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
The head of the most powerful environmental regulatory agency in California produces a journalistic podcast that he equates with the nation’s top news outlets.
Cronquist moves to blueberry councils, Seth Meyer is leaving the World Agricultural Outlook Board and American Farm Bureau Federation adds Terri Moore.
If just one environmental issue comes up during the Democratic debates scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, there’s a pretty good chance it will be climate change, a subject Republicans prefer to avoid but Democrats trip over themselves to talk about.
Glyphosate is one of 28 pesticide product lines that President Trump is threatening to hit with tariffs of up to 25% starting next month. The crop protection industry is asking for exclusions and warning that costs could rise for manufacturers and farmers.
Agriculture groups, private industries, and federal and state legislators are driving soil health initiatives around the country, helping farmers and ranchers overcome the obstacles of implementing these practices on their operations.
The Justice Department is seeking to intervene in a case alleging price fixing by major poultry manufacturers, in order to ensure the integrity of grand jury deliberations in a criminal investigation exploring the same allegations.
President Donald Trump and his top trade negotiator head to the Group of 20 summit in hopes of re-starting negotiations with China before the trade war escalates further while simultaneously making progress in talks with the Japanese on reducing their barriers to U.S. farm exports.
Despite a White House veto threat, House Democrats are pushing through a fiscal 2020 spending bill that includes funding for departments and agencies critical to agriculture.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is trying to convince skeptical Democrats that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will do enough to address their concerns over drug pricing and enforcement of labor and environmental standards.
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