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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, March 04, 2025
Lawmakers have cleared a resolution that would overturn the Biden administration’s listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act, but the measure failed to get veto-proof majorities in either the House or Senate.
House Republican leaders have been struggling to get the votes to move a partisan fiscal 2024 funding bill for USDA and FDA ahead of the long summer recess, raising fresh doubts about how soon lawmakers can start working on the farm bill this fall.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying its listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act in order to give cattle producers time to enroll in conservation agreements.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is granting federal protections under the Endangered Species Act to the lesser prairie chicken, which farmers and ranchers have long sought to keep off the endangered species list.
