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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, November 29, 2024
A key scheme involved in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., angered the Agriculture Department but resulted in associates of the couple getting a lucrative monopoly on halal certification for U.S. beef exports to Egypt.
House Republicans remain unable to agree on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded in October. Meanwhile, senators left town Thursday still unable to get agreement on bringing up a three-bill spending package that includes its version of the USDA-FDA bill.
The Senate Agriculture Committee is wading into the controversy around foreign ownership of U.S. cropland. A long-expected hearing on the issue is scheduled for next Wednesday.
The U.S. pork industry wants to see a return of the Generalized System of Preferences trade program, which expired in 2020, seeing it as key to gaining new access to markets in countries like Thailand and the Philippines.
The Government Accountability Office says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had the legal authority to use the Commodity Credit Corporation to fund the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, an initiative aimed at building markets for agricultural practices and products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Amid the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, the House Budget Committee is set to consider a partisan, fiscal 2023 budget resolution today, a little more than a week before the end of the fiscal year.
USDA’s plan to spend $1.4 billion to pay for a new export promotion program will provide the increase in market development funding that commodity groups have been trying to get through the farm bill, says Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.
For as much trouble as lawmakers agreeing on whether to keep the government shutting down Oct. 1, things aren’t moving any faster with the farm bill, parts of which start expiring Sept. 30.
The Food and Drug Administration, feed industry stakeholders and congressional members see an upcoming reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) as an ideal vehicle to make needed regulatory changes to allow for explanatory claims on feed labels.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says he still intends to get a farm bill through the House this year, despite the ongoing turmoil in the chamber.
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