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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
The Biden administration, USDA, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have found something to agree on when it comes to the meatpacking industry: The next farm bill needs to do more to help smaller-local meat processors get up and running.
The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) partnership, a State Department-funded program aimed at building resilient crops and healthy soils globally, has expanded to Guatemala.
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson and his counterpart on House Natural Resources, Bruce Westerman, headlined an ag-focused fundraiser for Donald Trump at the Capitol Hill Club Monday evening.
Broiler chicken growers would be guaranteed a base price for their birds under a proposed rule from the Agriculture Department aimed at reforming the poultry tournament system.
Lawmakers are back in Washington this week as the legislative calendar winds down ahead of this summer’s political conventions and the fall campaigns, and the House is going to use the time between now and the Republican convention in mid-July to move its fiscal 2025 spending bills.
Richard Crowder, a longtime economist and agribusiness leader who served as former chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative during the George W. Bush administration, has died at the age of 84.
House members return to Washington to battle over fiscal 2025 spending bills ahead of the national party conventions, and Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says he’ll be trying to round up support for the farm bill his panel advanced before the Memorial Day weekend.