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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Basil Gooden’s nomination to be USDA’s next Rural Development undersecretary has been confirmed by the Senate, ending the months-long nomination process.
Kevin Shea is moving from administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to a senior adviser role in the Office of the Deputy Secretary in a new round of senior leadership changes at USDA.
Nominees for top posts at USDA and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sailed through their hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee, which is expected to advance their nominations next week.
With action on a farm bill postponed to next year, the Senate Agriculture Committee turns to handling a pair of nominations, including a new undersecretary for rural development at the Agriculture Department.
In this opinion piece, Deputy Under Secretary for USDA Rural Development Farah Ahmad lays out some of the different programs that are available through USDA Rural Development.
The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are still several months away from voting on a new farm bill, but the major issues in each of the 12 titles are coming into focus even as lawmakers continue offering new proposals they’d like to see included. Here is a summary of the issues in play as well as notable proposals lawmakers would like to see included in the bill.
USDA is distributing almost $714 million for broadband connectivity projects through the fourth round of the ReConnect Program, an announcement that will direct loan and grant funding to 33 projects across the country.
Areas within USDA’s Rural Partners Network are set to benefit from a wide array of federal programs as the department rolls out almost $400 million to address longstanding poverty in the regions.
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