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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
The budget reconciliation bill that congressional Republicans want to pass this year to enact President Donald Trump’s policy priorities and extend expiring tax cuts is emerging as a possible vehicle to enact portions of a new farm bill, including high reference prices.
Melissa Koshlaychuck has joined Western Growers as a California government affairs analyst. G. Rey Reinhardt was named president of the J.R. Simplot Co. AgriBusiness Group. Rod Snyder, former top agricultural adviser at EPA, has launched his own consulting firm.
Ag policy veteran and current National Council of Farmer Cooperatives leader Chuck Conner announced Monday he will retire in December 2025, initiating the search for a new CEO.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is gaining ground in its fight to recruit enough staff to handle an infusion of additional conservation dollars while staving off the impacts brought on by a seemingly endless stream of retirements and job changes.
Former President Donald Trump’s plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants if he wins a second term would decimate the agricultural workforce, farm group leaders say.
Trade with Mexico, Korea, Central America and Colombia is propelling new growth in U.S. pork exports, says U.S. Meat Export Federation President Dan Halstrom
In this opinion piece, Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, pushes for the FDA to modernize with the times on animal feed amendments while highlighting how these innovations yield substantial benefits for farmers and consumers.
A congressional agreement that would boost the child tax credit and temporarily increase some business tax breaks is paving the way for a major battle coming in 2025 over a range of expiring tax cuts that could cost trillions of dollars to extend.
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