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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
A Nebraska Republican is calling on the administration to “lean in to trade” in 2023 to help kick-start conversations and make progress in an area that many lawmakers feel has gotten short shrift during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s term.
The House approved and sent to President Biden's desk Friday a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill that includes $3.7 billion in farm disaster aid and clears some key unfinished business for agriculture, including measures to help producers take advantage of carbon markets.
Georgia Democrat David Scott, who has been the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee for the past two years, has been elected as Ranking Member by his Democratic colleagues for the 118th Congress.
Agricultural labor solutions failed to get included in the final omnibus language released Monday, leaving agricultural groups empty-handed in their search for action before the current Congress ends.
Congressional leaders released a massive year-end bill Tuesday that would provide $3.7 billion in disaster aid for farmers and enact the Growing Climate Solutions Act to facilitate ag carbon markets.
Congressional negotiators are nearing agreement on a massive year-end bill that’s expected to include billions in agricultural disaster aid as well as a compromise version of the Growing Climate Solutions Act and special aid to rice growers.
A Colorado Democrat is calling on his Republican counterparts to set aside border security concerns and take the lead on passing farm labor legislation.