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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved the list of senior staffers who will lead the panel in the 114th Congress. In November, Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, the then-incoming chairman of the committee, had announced his appointments.
Cuban officials are expressing interest in increasing their purchases of U.S. agriculture commodities and also want to buy some farm equipment, says Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. Stabenow, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, was among a del
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman went before the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Wednesday to start selling the trade agenda President Obama highlighted in his State of the Union address, an agenda that includes trade agreements that Froman said will provide premier a
House and Senate committees have set a Feb. 4 hearing on the Obama administrations Clean Water Act rule as lawmakers plan how to block it from taking effect.
After 17 months of uncertainty surrounding U.S. renewable fuels policy, industry leaders are expressing confidence that this year will provide an opportunity to move ahead into a more definite future.
An Environmental Protection Agency official says employees of the agency charged with rule making for the Renewable Fuels Standard every year are working hard to implement changes, but the growing complexity of the statute is slowing their progress.
The House Agriculture Committee will have a significant new look on the Democratic side. The committee will have 19 Democrats, down from 21 in the last Congress, and six of those will be new to the committee. Four are women.
The two biggest U.S. farmer organizations say they support President Obamas State of the Union calls for bipartisanship in Congress and an end to the Cuban embargo.
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