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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, July 29, 2024
Mexico’s bold move this week to reinforce its drive to disparage genetically modified corn and ban imports ignores protests from the Biden administration, adding pressure on the U.S. to follow through with recent threats to initiate a dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expressed confidence Tuesday that a new farm bill would pass this year but also suggested Republicans will review work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a hot-button issue that could risk the loss of Democratic support.
Writing a new farm bill in 2023 will require investing countless hours in educating over 200 new members of Congress and also may mean navigating fights over spending, according to lawmakers and trade association leaders advocating on behalf of the crop insurance industry.
USDA is releasing the first $850 million in conservation program funding from the $18 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act to ramp up the adoption of climate-smart farming practices.
Lawmakers likely won’t start writing a new farm bill for several months, but budget estimates due to be released this week will shape the debate over the legislation.
Every farm bill has its own set of challenges but writing the 2023 farm bill could be made more difficult with so many relatively new members of Congress expecting to make policy changes, say former top aides to the Senate Agriculture Committee.
The Biden administration is demanding that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador scientifically justify his decree that would ban genetically modified corn and the popular herbicide, glyphosate.
When U.S. President Joe Biden meets newly elected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known commonly as Lula, Friday afternoon in the White House, several Republican and Democratic U.S. senators are hoping ethanol trade will be on the agenda.
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