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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
As members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees continue to work on finding $23 billion in farm bill spending cuts as part of $1.2 trillion package aimed at deficit reduction, many of their colleagues are suggesting that it may not be enough.
Agriculture Future of America (AFA) presented Agri-Pulse Editor Sara R. Wyant with their 2011 Leader in Agriculture award during an award dinner and ceremony Friday evening, along with co-honoree Paul F. Engler
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry questioned an EPA administrator today on the implications of Chesapeake Bay Watershed pollutant regulations for the area’s producers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to jettison many of the most controversial provisions of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) proposed rule to reform livestock and poultry marketing practices, Agri-Pulse has learned.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2- With the Congressional “Supercommittee†on the verge of proposing its deficit reduction plan within the month, the American Farmland Trust is prepared with conservation-minded policy reforms for the 2012 Farm Bill.
the Ranking Minority member of the House Agriculture Committee, Collin Peterson, said discussions over how to find $23 billion in farm bill cuts were in a “holding pattern†and that “there appears to be some backsliding†on some of the most contentious issues in the commodity title.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2- An additional attempt to approve either a two-year moratorium or a repeal of what many describe as a costly and duplicative pesticide application permit
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1- Conservation leaders gathered at the National Press Club yesterday to protect conservation, recreation and historic preservation investments in federal programs. These programs generate more than one trillion dollars of economic activity per year, according to a Southwick Associ
The chairmen and ranking minority members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are expected to get together and finalize their plans for cutting $23 billion out of farm bill spending over the next ten years.
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