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In this opinion piece, Dana M. O’Brien, president and founder of BioHarbor Strategies, says the new Congress and incoming Trump administration must support and accelerate biomanufacturing as a national policy priority. 

The Senate Appropriations Committee met Wednesday to discuss the need for disaster funding across different sectors. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and other representatives of the administration appeared before the committee to discuss ongoing work to recover from disasters like Hurricane Helene and Milton.

The White House formally asked Congress on Monday for $21 billion in disaster aid for farmers who have lost crops and livestock due to hurricanes, drought and wildfires over the past two years.

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. 

A longstanding court case over salmon declines in the Columbia and Snake rivers will see a five-to-ten-year pause after a federal judge agreed to give the Biden Administration, four Northwestern tribes, an assortment of environmental groups and the states of Washington and Oregon additional time to test out a $1 billion agreement intended to resolve the dispute.