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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee are rebelling against Chairman Mike Conaway’s draft farm bill over provisions that would tighten work requirements on able-bodied adults who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The USDA left its production estimates for this year’s corn and soybean crops unchanged from the February forecasts, while raising its projection for U.S. corn-ethanol output and slashing its outlook for Argentina’s soybean harvest.
New assessments by the European Food Safety Authority confirm the risk of three neonicotinoids to bees, EFSA said last week, and may lead to a permanent ban in Europe of the insecticides.
The Trump administration this week finalizes hefty steel and aluminum tariffs that have farm groups bracing from retaliatory trade actions, and the president also is pushing forward to address complaints by refiners about the cost of complying with federal biofuel mandates.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue took center stage at the Commodity Classic today, offering a forceful defense of his support for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while trying to settle down concerned corn growers who are counting on the Trump administration’s support.
Bayer says it is pushing back the expected date of closing its proposed $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto Co. and that it is prepared to make additional concessions – including selling its entire vegetable seed business – to win approval from antitrust authorities in the EU, the U.S. and elsewhere.
Anti-hunger activists have a clear message to the House and Senate Agriculture committees as they start writing the new farm bill: Don’t mess with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
USDA has approved a landmark new revenue insurance plan for dairy producers, and companies are likely to bring out additional new products for the livestock industry now that Congress has lifted an underwriting cap, says USDA’s chief economist.
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