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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, December 02, 2024
The Democrats taking over House committees and subcommittees will push back hard against the Trump administration’s environmental policies and put a major focus on climate change, but ag groups will need to find allies on trade and other key issues.
Ag, biofuels, and food policy groups say trade, immigration reform, farm bill implementation, food safety, and climate change will be the major issues discussed this year.
President Donald Trump, through an executive order, has directed the secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture Departments to work closer with states on wildfire mitigation and forest restoration efforts.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said USDA developed evaluation criteria for interested parties who wish to house the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Farms and businesses suffering from insufficient internet connectivity could get some help from a grant and loan program that USDA will launch in the new year with higher service requirements than the department originally proposed.
Of the 452 child-worker fatalities reported between 2003 and 2016, more than half (237) occurred in agriculture, the Government Accountability Office said in a report.
A recent USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and North Carolina State University study found some disturbing food-handling methods by American consumers.
