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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Negotiations over a package of market relief assistance for farmers reached an impasse Saturday after Democratic leaders rejected the latest GOP proposal, and several major farm groups called on lawmakers to oppose a stopgap spending bill if the economic aid is omitted.
USDA and the White House will host selected farm groups for meetings today with government officials to discuss the Biden administration’s key ag and rural investments.
Farmers who grow the crops being hammered the hardest by commodity market declines are hitting Capitol Hill this week, accompanied by ag bankers and Farm Credit lenders, to make a last-ditch push for a new farm bill.
USDA will deregulate the HB4 drought-tolerant trait from Argentina-based Bioceres Crop Solutions, slightly opening the door to commercialization in the United States.
Commodity groups are mounting a push to convince the Commerce department to limit the potential tariffs it could place on imports of herbicide ingredient 2,4-D from China and India as a result of an investigation into allegations that imports from these countries are being sold in the U.S. at “less than fair value.”
Lawmakers are back in Washington this week as the legislative calendar winds down ahead of this summer’s political conventions and the fall campaigns, and the House is going to use the time between now and the Republican convention in mid-July to move its fiscal 2025 spending bills.
Brendan Lynch has been appointed to serve as the assistant United States Trade Representative for South and Central Asia and ADAMA has appointed two new members to its executive team.
A record number of people were on hand at last week’s Commodity Classic, and the speed of the policy sessions by the groups hosting the event may have set records as well.
Members of the organizations hosting this week’s record-setting Commodity Classic in Houston are discussing a hefty slate of priorities, but none more prevalent and consistent than a desire to pass a new farm bill.
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