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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
A Tuesday hearing at a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee illustrated a bipartisan priority to incorporate the concept of "food as medicine" into the upcoming farm bill.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new round of climate-smart commodities projects, funding smaller initiatives that target niche markets and often have a greater role for minority farmers and institutions.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce a new round of projects today that will test approaches to developing and marketing low-carbon commodities.
Congress faces a Friday deadline for keeping the government funded, while the Agriculture Department this week will announce a second round of projects that will test approaches to developing and marketing low-carbon commodities.
A Kansas lawmaker is asking for his colleagues to not “rush through” a farm bill and for ag groups to come together and prioritize goals for the upcoming farm bill.
The Agriculture Department left most of its crop production and usage estimates unchanged in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates released Friday, matching trader expectations ahead of the report.
Senate Ag member Roger Marshall, R-Kan., says border security concerns are going to make passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act an uphill battle in the Senate.
A request from several Midwest governors to sell E15 year-round in their home states is now before the White House Office of Management and Budget. The news comes as 24 House members introduced a bill to match Senate legislation on the subject.