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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Republicans knew they didn�t have the votes to repeal the Obama administration�s Clean Water Act rule. But they managed to put Senate Democrats on the hot seat over the issue.
President Barack Obama says heàll suspend all duty-free treatment of South African agricultural exports to the U.S., within 60 days unless the country makes some progress toward eliminating barriers to shipments of certain U.S. farm products, including chicken,
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee took on the hotly debated topic of àfire borrowingà for the first time during a Thursday hearing, and even went as far as to publically agree to try to end the practice.
A bipartisan group of 184 House members wrote to Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy this week urging her to reconsider the Renewable Fuel Standard proposals the agency released earlier this year, saying they would cause a àbreach of the ethanol blend wall.à
In a landslide vote, the House of Representatives cleared a six-year highway bill Thursday morning, setting up a conference with the Senate over their different pieces of legislation.
Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, who represents a suburban Houston district, was selected by the House GOP Steering Committee to take over as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Brady beat out Ohio Rep. Pat Tiberi, who has more of an agricultural district. The steer
Critics of federal crop insurance are proposing to cut about $24 billion from the program, far more than what was included in a congressional budget agreement.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be released �very, very soon� and that the document will prove to be �very beneficial� to agriculture.
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