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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, November 22, 2024
House lawmakers are setting the stage for a farm bill battle over international food aid with new legislation to diminish the role of non-profit humanitarian groups and eliminate the roles of cash and non-U.S. origin food in the assistance delivered around the world.
We’re still months away from seeing a new farm bill on the House and Senate farm bill, but ag groups could get a look as soon as next month at the challenges they may face in protecting crop insurance and other programs.
India marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House and Capitol Hill by agreeing to cut tariffs that it imposed on some U.S. farm goods five years ago in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on Indian steel and aluminum imports, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Thursday.
The Senate Finance Committee used a hearing Thursday to highlight the fact that Brazilian packers are producing beef from cattle raised illegally on land once made up of lush Amazon jungle, and some of the beef from those animals may end up in the U.S. market, competing with U.S.-raised product.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation today to ensure the government keeps using U.S. commodities to provide food aid around the world. About half the funds for the Food for Peace program are currently used to purchase and deliver U.S. farm goods.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, are proposing a bill requiring the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review foreign entities’ land purchases or leases exceeding $4 million or 320 acres of land over the past three years and adding the Agriculture Secretary as a member of the panel.
U.S. trade policy should not be focused on using American might for deals to increase exports, but rather trading access to U.S. markets in return for influence on foreign countries, according to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai.
