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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Western producers in areas once dealing with devastating droughts scrambled to keep their livestock safe and fed this winter as a series of storms caused record-breaking amounts of precipitation. Now, the snowpack is beginning to melt, and there are concerns about potential flooding.
Tribal governments say they could increase American Indian and Alaska Native participation in a wide range of USDA programs if they can get the authority to run them on their own through the next farm bill.
Petitions asking a federal appeals court to revisit its decision on the insecticide sulfoxaflor are likely to be filed today, the deadline set by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
President Joe Biden removed any doubt and quashed a vote of the House and Senate to overturn his administration’s Waters of the U.S. rule, vetoing a joint resolution Thursday.
A bill aimed at preventing foreign governments and "state-controlled" businesses from purchasing agricultural land is nearing passage in North Dakota's state legislature.
Changes in foreign currency markets, combined with recent food inflation and foreign debt challenges, risk undermining the ability of many lower-income countries to feed themselves.
The port congestion and skyrocketing fees that ag shippers experienced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have largely subsided, according to Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei.
Senate Agriculture Committee staff are going through requests from 98 senators detailing what they want to see in the farm bill as the committee works to get a bill ready this year.
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to give conservation uses of the land it manages “equal footing” with grazing, energy production, mining, and recreation, and to even allow companies to lease lands for environmental mitigation.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, believes lawmakers will consider some curbs on the agriculture secretary’s authority to spend from USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. account.
