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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The Trump administration improperly assessed the costs of moving two USDA research agencies to Kansas City by among other things failing to account for the large-scale staff losses that would follow, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Leading election analysts are downgrading the re-election chances of several House Democrats, including Georgia’s Sanford Bishop, who chairs the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee and also sits on the House Agriculture Committee.
World leaders are struggling to address the spikes in commodity prices that are taking a bite out of global economic growth and likely to increase food insecurity.
Soaring prices for grains and other food commodities are starting to slow down global economic growth, fueling fresh calls for aid to poor countries and warnings about the impact that new trade restrictions could have on the crisis.
The Biden Administration is working to preempt a potential years-long food supply crisis spurred by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The Agriculture Department is promising to deliver $700 million to delayed pandemic aid to biofuel producers by this summer, and the money will be especially welcome should soaring gas prices dampen ethanol demand.
Mexico would allow the import of all U.S. table and chipping potatoes by no later than May 15 under a plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Agriculture and forestry could play meaningful roles in reducing greenhouse gas emissions around the world, but lack of financing and know-how remain important barriers, according to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.