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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Democrats are panning Senate Republicans’ farm bill proposal for crossing their red lines on nutrition and conservation funding, but many farm groups say the release of the GOP plan is a sign of progress.
Consumers are significantly less likely to say that the U.S. has an affordable food supply than they were two years ago, according to a new consumer survey.
House Republicans are scaling back their ambitions when it comes to slashing spending at USDA. The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee today will take up a draft spending bill for fiscal 2025 that would reduce total funding for USDA, FDA and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission by just over 1%.
House Republicans are proposing more modest cuts to spending at USDA than GOP appropriators tried last year, but they also are attempting to block USDA's new regulations for the meat and poultry industry and slow down new food traceability requirements.
Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce that Chloe Lovejoy will be joining the media company's editorial team as an associate editor, based in Sacramento. She will work with Brad Hooker to expand Agri-Pulse's daily, weekly and special project coverage in California.
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is set to roll out its fiscal 2025 spending bill as the House GOP makes another run this year at slashing domestic spending programs. The subcommittee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the FY25 Agriculture bill, which funds USDA and FDA as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
House Republicans step up their latest effort to cut domestic, non-defense programs this week as they release the fiscal 2024 spending bill to fund the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration.
California Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer is the winner of Agri-Pulse's Great Tomato Challenge with a tomato plant his staff affectionately named Stanley. The media company is making a $1,000 donation to the Avalon-Carver Community Center, which runs a food distribution program in his south Los Angeles district.
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