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Year in review: Farm bill stalemate, elections, disasters and H5N1 dominate ag news

12/29/24 8:35 AM By Lydia Johnson

In 2024, rural America played a large role in carrying Donald Trump to the White House for a second time. Across the country, hurricanes damaged ag infrastructure in Florida, the Carolinas and the Southeastern U.S., and H5N1 spread to dairy cattle.

After months of development, the farm bill passed out of the House Ag Committee with four Democratic votes and guarded optimism, but it never even made it to the House floor, ultimately leading to another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill.

Daybreak Nov. 14: Groups back Thune as new Senate majority leader

11/14/24 10:47 AM By Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, Noah Wicks, and Steve Davies

John Thune’s elevation to Senate Republican leader is being welcomed by many ag, biofuel and conservation groups. No Senate majority or minority leader has come to the job with a background in ag and biofuel policy as deep as the South Dakotan’s since, well, Thune unseated then-Democratic leader Tom Daschle in 2004.

Illinois Farm Bureau sues AFBF in deepening dispute over rules

Action comes after IFB is booted from national organization

11/13/24 3:30 PM By Noah Wicks and Steve Davies

The Illinois Farm Bureau has filed suit against the American Farm Bureau Federation in an escalating dispute over membership requirements for people who buy insurance from the state organization's affiliate.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Torres Small sworn in as USDA’s No. 2; McAdams tapped as Perdue Farms CEO

07/19/23 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Torres Small takes over as USDA’s deputy from Kevin Shea, the administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Kevin McAdams has been tapped as the next CEO of Perdue Farms.

USDA's tall task: Picking winners for $1B climate-smart funding pool

05/18/22 7:28 AM By Steve Davies

USDA has a daunting task as it seeks to pick the winners for one of the biggest ag lotteries ever: the $1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, whose first round of funding drew more than 450 proposals seeking $3 billion to $4 billion.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Campbell Soup taps Lindsay as VP, corporate responsibility and sustainability

12/01/21 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Campbell Soup Company has named Stewart Lindsay vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability and Phillip Hayes has announced he has taken a new role with Farmland Partners.

EPA Science Advisory Board gets ready for action

09/08/21 7:25 AM By Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, which has been dormant so far during the Biden administration, is likely to tackle climate change and environmental justice issues when it starts meeting again later this year, EPA and new members say.

Climate change expected to hit corn, soybean yields, report finds

04/28/21 7:20 AM By Steve Davies

A new report suggests Illinois producers could be faced with mitigation efforts to lessen the impact of climate change, but the authors suggest the findings are also applicable across the Midwest.

Report eyes big changes in store for ag because of changing climate

11/28/18 6:30 AM By Steve Davies

A federal climate change report released the day after Thanksgiving includes a menu of what U.S. farmers can expect over the coming decades: higher temperatures, heavier and more frequent rains, and yield losses.

Major Syngenta Seeds office coming to Chicago suburbs

10/25/18 3:23 PM By Sandra Cowherd

Syngenta says it is establishing a major Global and North American Seeds office in the western suburbs of Chicago and relocating approximately 50 U.S. employees to the new location.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 17, 2025: Farewell to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack

After serving 12 of the last 16 years as agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack will end his tenure leading USDA at the change of administration Monday.

In an exit interview, he discussed the potential fate of climate and equity programs under the incoming administration and how his vision for USDA has changed since he first took office in 2009. He also discussed his ongoing concerns for the agriculture industry.

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