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Farm and humanitarian groups square off over food aid

06/28/23 6:30 AM By Bill Tomson

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.

Daybreak June 27: Historic broadband funding released

06/27/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

The Biden administration has released a historic amount of funding to fill gaps in broadband service across the country.

Daybreak June 26: USDA lowering food inflation forecast

06/26/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, Noah Wicks, and Steve Davies

USDA economists continue to trim their forecast for supermarket prices this year.

Daybreak June 23: Spending debates may provide farm bill test

06/23/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, and Bill Tomson

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 agrees to drop retaliatory tariffs on some US ag exports

06/22/23 5:45 PM By Bill Tomson

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.

Senators take aim at Brazilian livestock's role in Amazon deforestation

06/22/23 3:46 PM By Bill Tomson

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.

Daybreak June 22: Lawmakers seek to protect US farm commodity share of food aid

06/22/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, Jana Rose Schleis, and Hannah Pagel

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.

Daybreak June 21: Stabenow, Ernst introduce foreign land ownership bill

06/21/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Noah Wicks, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, Steve Davies, and Sara Wyant

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.

USTR signals shift in trade policy goals

06/21/23 6:22 AM By Bill Tomson

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.

Daybreak June 20: Spending fight takes center stage ahead of recess

06/20/23 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, Noah Wicks, and Steve Davies

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: July 26, 2024: Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., NFU’s Mike Stranz and NCBA's Ethan Lane on Kamala Harris’ ag record, Project 2025

President Biden chose not to run for reelection and endorsed Kamala Harris. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Ill., discusses what a Harris presidency could mean for agriculture.

Then, Mike Stranz with NFU and Ethan Lane with NCBA share their thoughts on The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agriculture and nutrition proposals being implemented in a Trump-Vance presidency.

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