Items Tagged with 'Biden-Harris Administration'

The Biden-Harris Administration plans to increase access to nature for disadvantaged communities through a major infusion of money to state and territory forestry agencies.

The Food and Drug Administration's latest Food Code provides new language that clarifies when food donations from retail establishments will be allowed if proper handling safety practices have been followed.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is in Jefferson City, Mo., today to announce that USDA is ready to start taking applications for demonstration projects to help the department develop “climate-smart” products.

An estimated 15,000 bridges nationwide will receive $27 billion in funding to help improve, replace, preserve, and build highway bridges, the Department of Transportation announced Friday.

Democratic leaders have made it official: A continuing resolution that’s needed to avert a government shutdown on Oct. 1 will include a provision to increase the debt limit.

​President Joe Biden’s proposal to eliminate stepped-up basis and tax capital gains at death has run into opposition from a key Democrat. The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Georgia Democrat David Scott, says the tax plan could hurt farmers even though the tax liability would be deferred as long as a family farm stays in operation.

President Joe Biden’s top COVID-19 advisers tell Agri-Pulse they believe that hesitancy to take the COVID-19 vaccine will fade over time as rural Americans learn about it from doctors and other people and see so many other people being vaccinated safely.