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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall touted many of his organization’s successes in a speech at its annual convention but pressed members for more action on a long list of the group’s priorities.
California growers can expect no major changes. But bureaucratic delays and significant regulatory uncertainty could hamper rural infrastructure projects that support agriculture.
In this opinion piece, Ted McKinney with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture discusses why the federal government should comply with the Supreme Court’s guidance in the Sackettdecision as it releases its updated WOTUS rule.
The Biden administration plans to incorporate a recent Supreme Court decision into its existing Waters of the U.S. rulemaking rather than withdraw the rule in its entirety.
President Joe Biden tries to sell his economic agenda to the country with his annual State of the Union address this week, and the Senate Agriculture pivots its farm bill preparations to focus on commodity programs and crop insurance.
The farm bill, environmental regulations and workforce development are among the priorities for the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture in 2023.
A new rule defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act maintains longstanding exemptions for farming activities but also trims back an exclusion for prior converted cropland that had been in the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
A Kansas Republican says he wants to make sure crop insurance is protected if any kind of permanent disaster program is written into the upcoming farm bill.
The leader of the American Farm Bureau Federation used his opening address to the group’s annual gathering to discuss the organization’s efforts to shape climate policy on Capitol Hill and through the regulatory process.
