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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is joining leaders of the Senate Ag Committee and some top CEOs at today’s annual Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit in Washington. This year’s summit is focused on the future of U.S. agriculture, and new revenue possibilities in a wide range of sectors.
Lawmakers are going to be leaving a lot of money on the table – nearly $1.8 billion – if they can’t agree on putting Inflation Reduction Act conservation funding into a new farm bill.
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday announced it will use $138 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding to enroll 138 new easements into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.
USDA is struggling to manage sugar supplies amid soaring domestic and international prices and a drought that continues to devastate Mexican growers, slashing the amount they can export to U.S. food and candy manufacturers.
The state of America’s citrus industry is a tale of two coasts. Florida’s industry continues to reel from a devastating disease infestation and multiple hurricanes, and California has taken over as No. 1 in U.S. citrus production.
Supermarket prices were broadly steady in February as lower costs for dairy products, fruits, pork and chicken offset increases for beef, eggs, sugar and other products.
President Joe Biden’s budget request for fiscal 2025 proposes new loan flexibilities for farmers and makes another stab at getting Congress to make permanent a $5-an-acre subsidy for cover crops while also boosting ag research and other climate-related spending.
The Department of Agriculture says a new regulation to tighten the usage of “Product of the USA” on meat labels is in line with what consumers expect from the disclosure, but several groups say they’re concerned about the possible trade ramifications of the move.
President Joe Biden took on food companies over pricing and forcefully challenged Republicans and Donald Trump over the border, the economy, China and other issues in the last State of the Union address of his term.