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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, June 29, 2024
The Supreme Court has dumped its Chevron doctrine that required courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretation of ambiguous laws, in an opinion issued Friday that makes environmental and other laws vulnerable to legal challenges.
Dozens of groups representing agribusiness and other major business sectors are endorsing a congressional effort to overturn new National Environmental Policy Act regulations.
Farm groups have joined with the oil industry and independent truck drivers in filing a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles.
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., is set to announce a proposal today to use the next farm bill to boost crop insurance coverage. The FARMER Act, which Hoeven will announce at a news conference with GOP colleagues on the Senate Ag Committee, would increase premium subsidies for 80% and 85% coverage levels.
Democrats wasted no time at a China-focused hearing Wednesday challenging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem over former President Donald Trump’s talk of slapping huge new tariffs on the No. 1 market for U.S. ag products.
Former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in 2019 that the economic realities of dairy farming were forcing farmers to get bigger or get out of the business. The 2022 Census of Agriculture confirms the continuing trend toward larger farming operations.