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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
A bill to expedite permitting for broadband projects on federal land easily cleared the House Natural Resources Committee Wednesday, cheering advocates of rural broadband.
The Republican chairman and the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee hope to release a draft of their farm bill this week, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promises to move it quickly to the floor.
Farm groups desperate to address the agricultural labor shortage are lobbying Republicans to include farm labor provisions in any legislation the House votes on this month.
U.S. farmers and ranchers have a lot to gain from the ongoing trade talks with China, but even more to lose if the two countries cannot come to an agreement on protecting U.S. intellectual property.
EPA's Science Advisory Board plans to review an agency proposal to make additional data behind regulatory proposals available to the public, citing myriad concerns about the agency effort.
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are rushing to finalize agreement on a bipartisan farm bill with an eye toward getting it out of the chamber this month to set the stage for negotiations with their House counterparts.
The Trump administration’s insistence that Canada agree to add a five-year sunset clause to the North American Free Trade Agreement dashed the potential for a high-level meeting in Washington that could have resulted in a final deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.