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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Margin protection insurance designed to protect farmers from increased input costs is being expanded to more than 1,000 additional counties in 2024 due to producer interest, USDA’s Risk Management Agency said Thursday.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday accused Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack of exploiting a “loophole” in USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. account to fund $3 billion in climate-related projects.
House Republicans on Wednesday repeatedly challenged the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission to require public companies to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains, a proposal that has drawn strong opposition from farm groups.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that relatively low salaries are making it difficult for USDA to retain employees, including Farm Service Agency field staff.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sparred with House Republicans over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in what could be an opening skirmish in a battle over potential program cuts as Congress considers a new farm bill.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on President Joe Biden agree to tighten welfare program work requirements, raising the stakes on an issue that could trip up a new farm bill.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will testify before congressional committees over three straight days this week, and FDA Commissioner Robert Califf also will face lawmakers, who are certain to have questions about his ongoing reorganization of the agency’s human foods program.