Noah Wicks

USDA’s $3B bet on climate-smart markets relies on widely varying farmer incentives, requirements

A few projects would pay for emission reductions, not just practices

08/07/24 2:07 AM By Noah Wicks and Rebekah Alvey

An Agri-Pulse analysis of projects that account for the bulk of spending under the Biden administration’s Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities initiative shows it heavily relies on a relatively small number of practices. And most of the projects are paying farmers according to the practices they implement rather than for actual emission reductions.

Daybreak Aug. 6: USDA releasing another $300M for foreign market promotion

08/06/24 5:30 AM By Noah Wicks and Philip Brasher

USDA is making available a fresh round of funding through the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, a $1.2 billion effort funded from the department’s Commodity Credit Corporation.

Daybreak Aug. 5: Cost estimate puts number on farm bill funding gap

08/05/24 5:55 AM By Phil Brasher and Noah Wicks

We now have a clearer idea of the budget challenge faced by the House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill. And it’s a steep one.

Daybreak Aug. 2: Farm bill cost estimate expected today

08/02/24 6:04 AM By Philip Brasher, Lydia Johnson, and Noah Wicks

The Congressional Budget Office is expected today to issue its full cost estimate for the farm bill approved by the House Ag Committee in May.

Agriculture Department unveils water conservation program for Western farmers

08/01/24 11:05 AM By Noah Wicks

The Agriculture Department is launching a $400 million effort with 18 irrigation districts to pay Western farmers to cut back on water use, so long as they promise to keep farming.

Daybreak Aug. 1: Senators: Limit biofuel subsidy to domestic feedstocks

08/01/24 5:49 AM By Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, and Noah Wicks

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing the Treasury Department to restrict the new 45Z clean fuels tax credit to domestically sourced feedstocks. That would prevent imports of used cooking oil from qualifying for the tax subsidy.

Daybreak July 31: Schumer challenges GOP on tax bill

07/31/24 5:42 AM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, and Noah Wicks

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is challenging Republican colleagues to vote for a House-passed tax bill that includes an expansion of the child tax credit and improvements in expensing provisions that are popular with farmers.

Appeals court decision clouds future of FCC's rural connectivity efforts

07/31/24 2:08 AM By Noah Wicks

The Federal Communications Commission faces a murky path forward in its efforts to bolster phone and internet access in rural America after a federal appeals court deemed the funding source for a number of its connectivity programs unconstitutional.

Daybreak July 30: USDA sweetens buy-up insurance option

07/30/24 5:36 AM By Rebekah Alvey, Noah Wicks, and Philip Brasher

USDA is adding some enhancements to buy-up crop insurance even as the farm bill remains stalled on Capitol Hill.

Daybreak July 29: Regulator warns BNSF to improve service ahead of fall harvest

07/29/24 5:39 AM By Noah Wicks and Rebekah Alvey

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Avian flu was first identified in dairy cattle in March. We asked Michael Dykes, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, how USDA’s nationwide milk testing strategy is being implemented to safeguard the food supply and what additional measures may be needed.

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