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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, September 27, 2024
The Canadian Labor Minister late Thursday afternoon intervened in a contract dispute between the nation's two major railways and a Teamsters union, directing a branch of the Canadian government to impose final binding arbitration on the two parties.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan expects Kamala Harris to build on the Biden administration’s climate policy and environmental justice initiatives, if she's elected to the presidency.
Nearly 10,000 Canadian rail workers are locked out amid a stalemate in contract negotiations with two of the country’s major railroads that has halted rail shipments within the country's borders. U.S. ag shippers and railroads worry the labor dispute could disrupt cross-border traffic.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune, a leading contender to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader, said Wednesday that Congress is likely to pass another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill.
Legal experts and economists say it's hard to tell how a federal ban on price gouging in the food industry would work, warning that price controls such as those suggested by Vice President Kamala Harris could come with unintended consequences.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday vacated a Surface Transportation Board rule that allows the agency to more quickly resolve rate disputes by deciding based on either the shipper's or railroad's final offer.
The Democratic National Convention heads into its second day in Chicago. The Canadian government is pushed by U.S. farm groups to head off a rail strike, A bipartisan group of lawmakers press USDA for a "strategic initiative" to combat avian influenza.
The Conservation Reserve Program is nearing its cap of 27 million acres as USDA’s Farm Service Agency accepts offers for more than 2.2 million acres in the latest grassland, general and continuous signups.
President Joe Biden will address the Democratic National Convention tonight to help kick off what the Democrats hope will be an important step toward retaining control of the White House – and both chambers of Congress.