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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, September 03, 2024
EPA Administrator Michael Regan defended his agency’s budget request and its “waters of the U.S.” rule against Republican criticism in an appearance Wednesday before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan is going to take his turn before the House Ag Committee, where he’s certain to face a broad range of questions, from “waters of the U.S.” to biofuel policy and pesticide regulation.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan is likely to face questions on a number of hot-button issues at a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today.
Republicans and Democrats are beginning to chart the path of how they want to address food assistance work requirements in the 2023 farm bill discussion at the same time requirements return to pre-pandemic standards in May with the end of the public health emergency.
When the wind blows in Prowers County, soil tends to follow. The southeastern Colorado county sits at the heart of what is known as the “Dust Bowl” region, a place where the fear of prairie winds scattering tilled dirt through communities and towns looms large.
Concerns about China and other countries purchasing U.S. farmland are a hot topic for lawmakers and their constituents and may be the topic of a future farm bill hearing.
Congress is under pressure to finally put a significant amount of farm bill funding toward reversing a decades-long decline in public research funding that has seen facilities decay even as universities and companies struggle to find new scientists.
The U.S. Apple Association’s board of directors sat down with Biden administration officials last week to plead their case for their farmers. India’s crushing tariffs were a primary focus.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows Ukraine to export grain from three Odesa ports despite an ongoing war, was renewed on Saturday, but it’s still unclear for how long.