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Sen. Roberts renews focus on cutting SNAP benefits

03/06/13 3:24 PM By Sara Wyant

Just days after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that cuts made to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would not reduce federal spending as much as expected, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., introduced legislation that he said would â€œrestore integrity

Speaker Boehner discusses federal funding, farm bill at annual Farm Forum

03/05/13 12:35 PM By Sara Wyant

After engaging with President Barack Obama in what he described as a â€œpoliteâ€ discussion about the sequester on Friday, House Speaker John Boehner headed home to his 8th Congressional District and continued a tradition he started 22 years ago: meeting with farmers

Obama nominates three new cabinet members

03/04/13 2:14 PM By Sara Wyant

President Barack Obama nominated three new Cabinet members.

FSMA implementation ‘vital' to food safety, panelists say

02/28/13 12:22 AM By Sara Wyant

Government oversight of food safety is â€œvitalâ€ to the produce industry, and full implementation and funding of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) should help to allay food safety concerns

Charges filed in Chinese honey-laundering scheme

02/27/13 8:01 AM By Sara Wyant

Five individuals and two American honey-processing companies were charged with â€œhoney-launderingâ€ last week

Moseley: Time to bring ‘truth to the table' on conservation compliance

02/27/13 7:47 AM By Sara Wyant

Should farmers who receive federal assistance with their crop insurance premiums be required to meet conservation compliance standards?

Lawmakers hail court ruling on pesticide data, salmon habitat

02/22/13 5:13 PM By Sara Wyant

Key U.S. lawmakers hailed a circuit court ruling in the case Dow AgroSciences LLC v. National Marine Fisheries Service as a victory for sound science versus what they described as the â€œmisguided agenda of activist groups"

Courts crack down on multi-million dollar crop insurance schemes

02/22/13 8:32 AM By Sara Wyant

Two recent court cases, involving crop insurance adjusters, agents and tobacco farmers, indicate that federal courts are doing more to crack down on sometimes elaborate schemes to collect millions in fraudulent crop insurance payouts.

Oil, food, and livestock groups seek high court reversal of ethanol decision

02/21/13 2:12 PM By Sara Wyant

The American Petroleum Institute, the Grocery Manufacturers Association and several other groups filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court today, asking that it reverse a D.C. Circuit Court decision rejecting a challenge to EPAâ€™s grant of partial waivers for use of the ethanol blend, E15.

Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. hires New Associate Editor

02/15/13 8:42 AM By Sara Wyant

Agri-Pulse Communications Inc. has named Aarian Marshall to serve as Associate Editor, based in Washington, D.C

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November 03, 2024

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kip Eideberg, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice-President Government and Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Like the industries they serve, equipment manufacturers are familiar with the cyclical turns in farming, forestry, construction and mining. Eideberg says higher interest rates, a lack of trade agreements and sluggish economies around the globe and in the U.S. are proving challenging for the customers to make capital purchases. Eideberg is hopeful Congress will bring a new farm bill in the Lame Duck session or at least early next year. He says tax policy will also be critical next year as both industry and customers need amended policy on deductions for research as well as depreciation.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 8, 2024: Glickman, Johanns on Trump presidency ag impact

Donald Trump won the presidency and the GOP won control of the Senate this week. Some House race votes are still being tallied.

We sat down with two former agriculture secretaries, Dan Glickman from the Clinton administration and Mike Johanns from the Bush administration, to discuss what could be ahead regarding trade and immigration policy, as well as the possible role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Trump administration.

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