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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
(Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles in our new Agri-Pulse series: “The seven things you should know before you write the next farm bill.” Each segment provides important background and ‘lessons learned’ that can help inform and stimulate debate before formal work starts on writing the next farm bill.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2017 - Top political experts who were assembled on stage at the National Biodiesel Board’s annual meeting last week offered a mixed bag of perspectives on what to expect in the new Trump administration and the 115th Congress.
And the next secretary of agriculture is°°still up in the air. President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration is just two days away and there is still no word on a nomination for agriculture secretary. The delay apparently is having an effect across the transition because s
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) wants the Trump administration and the 115th Congress to make reform of the federal rulemaking process a top priority, according to the 351 voting delegates attending the organizationÐs 98th annual meeting in Phoenix this week. Among
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will become president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council when he leaves office this month, says a source familiar with his plans.
A new USDA Office of Inspector Generalðs report about the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) in Nebraska paints a substantially different picture than a major daily newspaper described in a scathing report that alleged animal abuse and prompted calls for investigations&
President-elect Donald Trump said today that he intends to name Rick Perry, who served as Texas governor from 2000 to 2015, as his Secretary of Energy.
Responding to criticism from USDA0s Office of Inspector General (OIG), the department0s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced updated factors for prevented planting coverage.
Michael Torrey, who was advising President-elect Donald Trump on setting up his administration at the Agriculture Department, has resigned from the transition team because of the five-year lobbying ban.
