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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Herndon joins Corteva

05/15/24 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Scott Herndon has joined Corteva as the new head of US Government and Industry Affairs and Jill LeVake has accepted the role of Corteva’s state government and industry affairs western regional director.

Daybreak May 14: House Ag Dems reschedule Stabenow huddle

05/14/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

The partisan jockeying on the farm bill continues. House Ag Democrats have rescheduled a meeting with Senate Ag Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow for Wednesday.

Daybreak May 13: Thompson continuing to drop details of farm bill proposal

05/13/24 9:22 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

There are a lot of new details now about the farm bill that Republicans plan to push through the House Agriculture Committee next week. Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., on Friday afternoon released a 38-page section-by-section summary on his draft and is expected to release more detail later this week.

Washington Week Ahead: Thompson looks to nail down farm bill votes

05/12/24 9:56 AM By Philip Brasher

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson prepares to release the text of his draft farm bill as he seeks to lure some Democratic votes for the legislation ahead of the panel’s May 23 debate.

House Ag Republicans release new details of draft farm bill

PLC reference prices would rise 10-20%

05/10/24 4:25 PM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee are proposing to raise Price Loss Coverage reference prices by 10% to 20% depending on the commodity, while also providing increased income protection to growers under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program and crop insurance, according to a section-by-section summary released Friday.

Daybreak May 10: House bill to beat Stabenow on insurance coverage

05/10/24 9:50 AM By Philip Brasher, Noah Wicks, and Steve Davies

There’s a big push this year to bolster the farm safety net by raising premium subsidies for high levels of area insurance coverage, and the idea has gotten traction in both the House and Senate.

Daybreak May 9: House Ag Republicans pledge significant reference price boost

05/09/24 9:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Noah Wicks, and Rebekah Alvey

Farm Hands West: Turner joins Pivot Bio, Beck promoted at USTR

05/08/24 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Aubrey Bettencourt is the new global director of government relations and external affairs at Netafim, Orbia's precision agriculture business group. Aubrey will direct Netafim’s advocacy strategy as well lead government relations and efforts to develop strategic partnerships. She had been president and CEO of the Almond Alliance of California since 2021.

Vulnerable House Ag members in focus as farm bill votes near

05/08/24 6:22 AM By Philip Brasher and Noah Wicks

Passage of a new farm bill this year remains a long shot, but the House Agriculture Committee’s planned markup of a bill on May 23 could help some vulnerable Republicans while putting pressure on a handful of Democrats who are in close re-election races.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Turner joins Pivot Bio

05/08/24 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Chris Turner has been appointed chief commercial officer at Pivot Bio, a biotechnology company in Berkeley,

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