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Candidates back diet changes, electric vehicles to fix climate

09/04/19 11:24 PM By Philip Brasher

During an historic, televised town hall on the climate issue, the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls agreed broadly on imposing taxes or caps on carbon emissions and shifting to electric vehicles, and some candidates said Americans should be encouraged to reduce meat consumption.

Farm Hands West: Newsom makes new appointments to CalEPA

09/04/19 10:56 AM By Hannah Pagel

Newsom announces new appointments to the California Environmental Protection Agency and John May is Deere and Company's new CEO.

Five questions for Assembly Ag Chair Susan Talamantes Eggman

09/04/19 10:41 AM By Brad Hooker

Eggman spoke about the controversial Senate Bill 1, about Jerry Brown’s Twin Tunnel and about how legislating can be like marriage counseling.

What will these ambitious plastic recycling bills mean to your bottom line?

09/04/19 10:41 AM By Brad Hooker

Two bills successfully navigating through the Legislature are proposing drastic cuts to the production of these products.

Food insecurity declines to prerecession levels

09/04/19 10:20 AM By Steve Davies

Food-insecure households in the United States, defined as those who “had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources,” declined to prerecession levels last year, USDA's Economic Research Service reported Wednesday.

Average farm organization CEO pay topping $500K

09/04/19 6:30 AM By Spencer Chase, Sara Wyant, and Chloé Fowler

A lingering downturn in farm profits is starting to show up on the balance sheets of ag organizations, but drops in salaries for the leaders of those groups are exceedingly rare.

Japan trade deal still taking shape

09/04/19 6:20 AM By Bill Tomson

White House officials are telling the U.S. ag sector that they are going to win big in the miniature trade pact announced on Aug. 25 after Presidents Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the annual G7 summit, but details are either not being divulged or haven’t yet been nailed down, government and industry sources tell Agri-Pulse.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak West Sept. 3-6

09/02/19 10:58 PM By Brad Hooker

Broad environmental and labor bills advance * Bill to fix Friant-Kern Canal held * Grants for chlorpyrifos alternatives * Steyer’s test ranch in California * SB 1 now affects wetlands * Newsom signs ban on fur trapping * California ag exports rise

Trade mitigation payments boost farm income

08/30/19 3:03 PM By Steve Davies

Buoyed by the Trump administration's trade mitigation payments, U.S. farm income is expected to increase for the third straight year, but still will not come close to its 2013 peak.

Big changes or a band-aid for the Valley’s air quality challenges?

08/28/19 9:04 AM By Brad Hooker

A draft environmental justice plan proposes big changes for the small San Joaquin Valley city of Shafter.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kip Eideberg, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice-President Government and Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Like the industries they serve, equipment manufacturers are familiar with the cyclical turns in farming, forestry, construction and mining. Eideberg says higher interest rates, a lack of trade agreements and sluggish economies around the globe and in the U.S. are proving challenging for the customers to make capital purchases. Eideberg is hopeful Congress will bring a new farm bill in the Lame Duck session or at least early next year. He says tax policy will also be critical next year as both industry and customers need amended policy on deductions for research as well as depreciation.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 8, 2024: Glickman, Johanns on Trump presidency ag impact

Donald Trump won the presidency and the GOP won control of the Senate this week. Some House race votes are still being tallied.

We sat down with two former agriculture secretaries, Dan Glickman from the Clinton administration and Mike Johanns from the Bush administration, to discuss what could be ahead regarding trade and immigration policy, as well as the possible role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Trump administration.

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