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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
National Farmers Union delegates this week debated a wide variety of policy reforms, including whether or not eligibility for commodity programs, crop and livestock insurance should be limited to small and mid-size farming operations.
President Joe Biden’s budget request for fiscal 2025 proposes new loan flexibilities for farmers and makes another stab at getting Congress to make permanent a $5-an-acre subsidy for cover crops while also boosting ag research and other climate-related spending.
President Joe Biden is due today to release his proposed budget for fiscal 2025, even though lawmakers are only halfway finished with finalizing their appropriations bills for FY24.
President Joe Biden is set to release his fiscal 2025 budget even as lawmakers are still trying to finish work on some of the biggest and most contentious of their FY24 spending bills.
President Joe Biden took on food companies over pricing and forcefully challenged Republicans and Donald Trump over the border, the economy, China and other issues in the last State of the Union address of his term.
A federal heat standard that would give breaks to farmworkers so they can cool down when temperatures reach “heightened levels” is among recommendations for Congress advanced by a bipartisan working group of House Agriculture Committee members tasked with examining ways to address ag’s labor shortage.
President Joe Biden makes his case for reelection in tonight’s State of the Union. Look for him to say the administration is taking on inflation in food, farm inputs and other areas.
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