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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Christine Aurre has been tapped as the new legislative affairs secretary in the Office of the Governor, filling the role held by Christy Bouma since March 2022.
USDA has decided to reduce the kind of data farmers must provide through the department's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative due to concerns the information requirements could limit producer participation.
A record number of people were on hand at last week’s Commodity Classic, and the speed of the policy sessions by the groups hosting the event may have set records as well.
Two key senators want to reauthorize a slate of conservation grant programs that fund Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, assistance for producers that lose livestock to endangered predators, and wetlands conservation projects.
Farmers, ranchers, foresters and other landowners are beginning to realize the benefits of carbon markets, and companies are working to balance dreams of the marketplace with reality.
Bayer won’t break into three divisions, its CEO said Tuesday at the company’s annual Capital Markets Day, where he discussed Bayer’s plans to implement a Dynamic Shared Ownership approach.
Farmers will face increases in both income taxes and estate taxes after 2025, if Congress fails to extend expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, according to an analysis by USDA’s Economic Research Service.
Last week’s Commodity Classic wrapped up with a series of presentations and words of caution from federal security officials about the vulnerability of agriculture to terrorism and cybercrime.