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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, October 11, 2024
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says the House will move its farm bill ahead of the Senate this year, and he’s pledging to work with the Budget Committee to ensure the legislation is adequately funded.
With a projected $22.5 billion budget deficit, the administration would cut climate-smart grants 10% while adding millions more for flood protection and potential drought response.
The Department of Pesticide Regulation has drafted a new regulation to further restrict the use of Telone. Farm groups are calling the science conservative and the justification weak, while activists say it doesn't go far enough.
Three projects are splitting more than $650,000 in grant funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to help the state’s producers better understand methods to improve their nitrogen and irrigation management.
Gina Dockstader has been appointed to serve on the California Farm Water Coalition and Mike Stephan has been elevated to vice president of sales and business development at Monterey Mushrooms.
One of the newest entrants in the quest for more sustainable agriculture is not very well known in agricultural circles but with Mineral "graduating" from X - The Moonshot Factory, that may be about to change
Rep. David Valadao and 11 of his fellow California Republicans – including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – are bringing one of their previous pieces of legislation to address water needs in the state back to life in the new Congress.
Automobile manufacturers were complementary of the federal government’s approach to expanding the nation’s biofuel mandate to allow for the inclusion of electric vehicles.
Kevin McCarthy learned a lesson from his four-day struggle to win the speakership that could have implications for the farm bill and other measures: Get the party hard-liners on board with legislation before taking it to the floor
The Department of Agriculture has announced an additional $9.6 million in grants and loans as part of what it said is a comprehensive approach to increase meat processing capacity, farm income and consumer choice, and create good-paying jobs.