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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
The Senate Agriculture Committee holds a long-awaited hearing this week on two more USDA nominees, including department’s undersecretary for trade, as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack struggles to fill out his team 21 months into the administration.
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., says if the Farm Workforce Modernization Act can pass through Congress it will help alleviate the stress around other hot political issues.
The nation's largest railroads reached a tentative agreement with their labor unions Thursday to avert a strike that could have crippled the nation's fragile supply chains heading into harvest.
A clash between a right-to-repair advocate and an equipment dealership owner at a congressional hearing Wednesday was indicative of the internal battles legislators will wage as they consider measures that would require machinery manufacturers to provide software, parts and tools to customers looking to make their own repairs.
USDA’s decision to allow a standalone text message option on food packaging does not comply with a 2016 GMO labeling law requiring an accessible alternative to QR codes, a federal judge has ruled. The judge let stand other key parts of the disclosure rules.
Bipartisan agreement on the need for the U.S. and Taiwan to strengthen ties through a trade pact was on display Wednesday at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, although Republican lawmakers were mostly critical of the Biden administration’s decision not to negotiate a traditional free trade agreement that requires approval from Congress.