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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Democratic leaders of the House Agriculture Committee and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee are pushing USDA to explain and detail funding freezes in various agency programs.
The National Council of Agricultural Employers is seeking information on $98 million provided to the UFW Foundation to distribute to farmworkers, alleging that some of the workers claimed they were told they had to sign union authorization cards in order to receive the money.
The House has narrowly passed a spending bill containing deep cuts to EPA's budget and dozens of legislative riders that Democrats call “poison pills," setting up a difficult negotiation with the Senate, where the Appropriations Committee advanced a markedly different bill Thursday.
Senate Ag Committee veteran Chuck Grassley sees a glimmer of hope for a farm bill in comments Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock made to Agri-Pulse about reference prices.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson prepares to release the text of his draft farm bill as he seeks to lure some Democratic votes for the legislation ahead of the panel’s May 23 debate.
House Democrats plotted their next steps on the farm bill after meeting Thursday to debate a brief summary of the latest GOP proposal for the legislation.
President Joe Biden makes his case for reelection in tonight’s State of the Union. Look for him to say the administration is taking on inflation in food, farm inputs and other areas.
Thirty-one lawmakers spend their time outside of the nation’s capitol farming, ranching or running cattle operations, according to a new Congressional Research Service report.
Nine Democratic members of Congress – including four from the California delegation – are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to advance a rule that would allow electric vehicles to be part of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.
