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EPA announces plan to address PFAS contamination

10/18/21 1:44 PM By Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a strategy for attacking contamination from PFAS, a group of more than 9,000 compounds that have been dubbed “forever chemicals” for their ability to persist in water, soil and tissue without breaking down.

Washington Week Ahead: Democrats battle over Build Back Better with key date looming

10/17/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have two weeks before their next deadline to reach an agreement on his Build Back Better plan to expand social programs and attack climate change.

Daybreak Oct. 14: White House links food inflation to big packers

10/14/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

Food prices shot up in September, prompting a new volley from the White House over consolidation in the meat industry.

Ag’s climate funding at stake as Dems debate cuts to spending plan

10/13/21 6:50 AM By Philip Brasher

More than $90 billion in agriculture spending, including a 50% increase in conservation program funding, is at stake as congressional Democrats wrangle over how to pare back their $3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill to woo critical moderate votes.

Scientists urge zoonotic disease emphasis in pandemic prevention

10/13/21 6:32 AM By Steve Davies

Scientists who study the danger to humans and food production from zoonotic diseases, those that can jump from animals to humans, say there are ways to prevent the next global pandemic at a fraction of the cost of ending a massive outbreak.

Facebook restrictions frustrate livestock producers looking to sell products online

10/13/21 6:21 AM By Noah Wicks

Policies preventing Facebook users from selling animals and animal products on the platform have presented a challenge to livestock producers looking for ways to market their products to consumers.

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USDA officials increase soybean, corn yield estimates

10/12/21 1:40 PM By Ben Nuelle

Department of Agriculture officials increased soybean and corn yields which helped push ending stocks projections higher in Tuesday's World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report.

Daybreak Oct. 12: House Ag Dems seek to protect agriculture funding

10/12/21 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

Democrats on the House Ag Committee are appealing to their party leaders to protect agriculture spending when they slash the size of the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill.

Vilsack discusses line speeds, meat processing investment at House Ag hearing

10/07/21 7:03 PM By Noah Wicks

A judge's ruling on pork line speed provisions was just one of many topics Vilsack discussed at a wide-ranging hearing, which also included testimony from Sen. Chuck Grassley and representatives from livestock industry groups, that brought out a number of different opinions on livestock issues like meat processing consolidation, beef market price transparency and lamb imports from the U.K.

Rod Snyder named ag adviser at EPA

10/07/21 1:30 PM By Steve Davies

Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, is the Environmental Protection Agency’s new agriculture adviser, pleasing ag groups that had backed him for the position.

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11.22.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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