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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 09, 2025
The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to reverse the Agriculture Department's decision to lift a long-standing ban on beef imports from Paraguay. The veto-proof margin was a major win for beef state lawmakers critical of the agency's analysis of foot-and-mouth disease risks posed by the South American country.
Democrats wasted no time at a China-focused hearing Wednesday challenging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem over former President Donald Trump’s talk of slapping huge new tariffs on the No. 1 market for U.S. ag products.
Agricultural technology theft, acquisition of land near military sites and illegal access to precision agriculture data are a few of the potential risks presented by the Chinese Communist Party that the House Agriculture Committee weighed Wednesday in an hours-long hearing.
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected today to release new tailpipe emission standards that the ethanol industry and corn growers have been trying to derail.
The Federal Communications Commission is upping its benchmark for high-speed fixed broadband to download speeds of 100 megabits per second and upload speeds of 20 megabits per second, the first major change the standard has seen since 2015.
Infant formula supplies are at risk because of the domination of state markets that formula makers have due to the way the Women, Infants and Children nutrition assistance program operates, according to a Federal Trade Commission report.
The top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman of Arkansas, insisted at the summit that he’s still focused on getting a farm bill passed this year.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is joining leaders of the Senate Ag Committee and some top CEOs at today’s annual Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit in Washington. This year’s summit is focused on the future of U.S. agriculture, and new revenue possibilities in a wide range of sectors.
USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation, Robert Bonnie, says the department is trying to be both “aggressive” and “smart” in getting Inflation Reduction Act funding out the door.
