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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
California is losing the competition with other U.S. ports and persistent labor issues at shipyards along with clean energy mandates are adding new hurdles.
State Farm Bureau leaders say a new “Waters of the U.S.” rule from the Biden administration could have outsized impacts on producers in California, echoing a chorus of alarms from national agricultural groups over the rewrite.
Amy DeLisio has been tapped to lead the Dairy Council of California and Stewart Knox has been sworn in as the new secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are ready to focus on debating a new farm bill after lawmakers used the newly enacted omnibus funding package to clear their to-do lists. But it took several years to pass a farm bill the last time a divided Congress tried to do the job.
The latest definition of “waters of the U.S.” may be better in some respects for farmers than a Obama administration’s 2015 rule, but the new regulations give the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers discretion that will create uncertainty for landowners.
The Biden administration's new “waters of the U.S.” rule came under immediate criticism from farm groups and their GOP allies in Congress, who said it could expand federal jurisdiction over agricultural lands.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was the top story in global news throughout 2022, forcing American ag and food policy watchers to keep a close eye on the war’s implications for domestic agriculture interests and world food security.