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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
The House Agriculture Committee formally appealed Thursday for "adequate resources" in the next farm bill to compensate for what the panel says is the “ineffectiveness” of existing commodity programs.
Cindy McCain has been named the next executive director of the United Nations World Food Program and USDA has been appointed L’Tonya Davis as the first permanent chief diversity and inclusion officer.
Hundreds of interest groups, trade associations, environmentalists and even a few farmers are submitting their ideas for a new farm bill to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees. Not to be outdone, representatives of key California departments recently submitted their own 2023 farm bill recommendations in a letter to chairpersons and ranking members.
The National Corn Growers Association has tapped Neil Caskey to be the next CEO of the group, while Food Systems for the Future President and CEO Ertharin Cousin will take over as co-chair of USDA’s Equity Commission.
The Congressional Budget Office plans to issue new estimates of farm bill spending before lawmakers move a new bill later this year, according to a Senate source.
Specialty crop producers are looking to the next farm bill to expand crop insurance options and provide increased funding to address a number of challenges facing the sector, including needs for automation and development of new, safer pesticides.
The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance proposed a series of new farm bill provisions that the coalition of ag, food and conservation groups believes are needed to help producers and landowners address climate change.
Xochitl Torres Small is President Joe Biden’s pick as the next deputy secretary at USDA and Tracey Forfa will become the new director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends a message about the political significance of ag policy, sitting through the entirety of a House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session in California and also fielding questions from reporters on a range of issues.
Bill Anderson is the new CEO of Bayer and former Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., has joined the American Association of Crop Insurers as an adviser to its board of directors.
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