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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, October 11, 2024
President Donald Trump has announced his intentions to shrink national monuments created under the Antiquities Act by previous administrations, giving a boost to grazing advocates but infuriating environmental groups in the process.
Congressional Republicans head to the finish line on tax reform after ramming a historic package of tax cuts through the Senate with one vote to spare.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in Iowa Friday that if the Clean Air Act allows his agency to let E15 to be sold year round, then a waiver to do just that is certain to follow.
Senate Republicans early Saturday narrowly advanced a sweeping package of business and individual tax cuts after a series of last-minute deals that included a bigger reduction in taxes for farms and other small businesses.
The Environmental Protection Agency released 2018 volume obligations for the Renewable Fuels Standard Thursday morning, giving the program a slight increase in biofuels to be blended with the nation's gasoline supply in the coming year.
Exports of malted barley – grown and processed in the U.S. – to Mexico are on the rise and the only thing that could halt that booming trend would be the collapse of the ongoing negotiations to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Senate Republicans look to pass their tax bill by the end of the week but it may take some last-minute modifications to satisfy at least two GOP senators’ concerns about the impact on small businesses.
After witnessing a presidential campaign that was big on bombast and small on concrete policy proposals, many – including ag organizations – wondered what to expect from the Trump administration’s first year in office.
There are early signs for the 2017-18 marketing year that there’s still strong demand in China for U.S. sorghum, but it’s unclear if U.S. exports of the grain can reverse the trend of declining sales over the past two years.
The Agricultural Marketing Service needs to strengthen its oversight of checkoff programs to ensure consistent and clear methodologies are employed to help evaluate results, the Government Accountability Office says.