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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Despite disappointing results in its first year, supporters of a program designed to get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shoppers to buy more low-fat and non-fat milk hope that an expansion of the program will yield better results and lay the groundwork for continued investment in the next farm bill.
Jenny Lester Moffitt, USDA's undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, told lawmakers Tuesday that the agency is taking an eradication-based approach to highly pathogenic avian influenza.
House Republicans are targeting SNAP work requirements as they prepare legislation to raise the debt ceiling, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a speech Monday at the New York Stock Exchange.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan faces the House Agriculture Committee this week, and the GOP-controlled House takes a largely symbolic vote to overturn President Joe Biden’s veto of a measure that would scrap the administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule.
The administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Zach Ducheneaux, says USDA is rethinking the way it structures farm loans to lower the risk of default.
History is repeating itself in the legal battle over the “waters of the U.S.” rule. Just as in 2015, when courts issued repeated rulings blocking implementation of the Obama administration’s rule, courts have again acceded to requests from states and industry groups to enjoin the Biden administration’s rule.
Grocery prices dropped 0.3% in March, the first such decline since September 2020, as consumers benefitted from lower costs for a wide range of foods, including meat, dairy products, and fruits and vegetables.