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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - The need of farmers and rural businesses for high-speed internet is getting increased attention from the White House and Congress as they look forward to passing a sweeping infrastructure initiative next year.
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - States are leaving the U.S. minimum wage rate in the dust as they lift their own wage floors, lock in further hikes across the next several years and hit a lot of farm and ranch operating budgets in the process.
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - Wheat acreage in the U.S. is at its lowest level in more than 100 years and that’s bad news for the country’s millers and bakers who depend on stable supplies of the grain, according to a new report from Rabobank.
WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 - The nation’s feral hog population is growing, despite increased government involvement and funding to combat the menace that is blamed for billions of dollars in damage each year.
UTAH, July 12, 2-17 - Utah’s ag-gag law violates the First Amendment, a federal judge has determined, killing a 2012 statute designed to prevent animal welfare activists from going undercover to film operations of animal production facilities.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today gave the go-ahead to conduct emergency haying on Conservation Reserve Program lands to help provide feed for livestock in drought-stricken areas of Montana and North and South Dakota.
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2017 – House Republicans return from their Fourth of July recess looking to move a fiscal 2018 budget blueprint that could pave the way for tax reform while likely requiring some reduction in spending on food stamps.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - In a win for corn ethanol producers, EPA is proposing to require refiners to use another 15 billion gallons of conventional ethanol next year while maintaining the 2018 biodiesel target set by the Obama administration.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway is expressing confidence that he can get a new farm bill enacted despite a potential cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
WASHINGTON, July 5, 2017 - House Republicans looking for a way to offset the cost of reducing corporate and individual tax rates have their eyes on ending a tax benefit critical to farmers – the deduction for interest expenses.
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