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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is making clear she doesn’t like what the House Ag Committee did in its farm bill when it comes to commodity programs.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to spend a record $456 million on inland waterway construction projects this year, making major headway in addressing a backlog of infrastructure projects vital to shipping.
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson and his counterpart on House Natural Resources, Bruce Westerman, headlined an ag-focused fundraiser for Donald Trump at the Capitol Hill Club Monday evening.
Lawmakers are back in Washington this week as the legislative calendar winds down ahead of this summer’s political conventions and the fall campaigns, and the House is going to use the time between now and the Republican convention in mid-July to move its fiscal 2025 spending bills.
The Food and Drug Administration’s reorganization to create a unified Human Food Program has received approval from the Department of Health and Human Services and will go into effect Oct. 1.
Enacting a new farm bill remains a long shot this year due to the tight calendar and the fact that lawmakers remain sharply divided over both policy and funding, raising the possibility of new scenarios in 2025 that depend on the outcome of this fall's elections.
