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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Senate Agriculture Committee is wading into the controversy around foreign ownership of U.S. cropland. A long-expected hearing on the issue is scheduled for next Wednesday.
Amid the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, the House Budget Committee is set to consider a partisan, fiscal 2023 budget resolution today, a little more than a week before the end of the fiscal year.
An EPA pilot program proposed to address the impacts of pesticides on more than two dozen endangered species could shut down farming in some areas, USDA and grower groups contend.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says he still intends to get a farm bill through the House this year, despite the ongoing turmoil in the chamber.
Lawmakers are inching ever closer to a government shutdown. It’s true that Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, is still two weeks away, but House conservatives continue to play hardball with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Supermarket prices increased slightly for the second consecutive month and are up 3% over the past year, led by a 6% hike over the past 12 months in the cost of bakery products, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
