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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
A possible relief package for farmers is in play as lawmakers return to Washington the first time since Donald Trump's sweeping victory, and Senate Republicans are set to elect a leader who will be critical to carrying out the president-elect's legislative agenda.
Farm groups and other agribusiness interests and rural electric cooperatives have given nearly $27 million congressional campaigns so far, with nearly two-thirds of that amount going to Republicans.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the Minnesota Democrat in line to take over as chair or ranking member of the Senate Ag Committee next year, insists it’s still possible to pass a new farm bill in the lame duck session at the end of the year.
A bipartisan Senate bill would accelerate a shift in the Conservation Reserve Program toward grasslands and smaller, environmentally sensitive parcels away from the larger tracts that have been traditionally enrolled through the general signup process.
A request from several Midwest governors to sell E15 year-round in their home states is now before the White House Office of Management and Budget. The news comes as 24 House members introduced a bill to match Senate legislation on the subject.
New legislation from a bipartisan group of 15 farm-state senators to pave the way for summer sales of higher ethanol blends carries not only the endorsement of biofuel groups but also the principal organization for the oil and gas industry.
Criticism is piling up on the Federal Maritime Commission’s attempt to define exactly what a reasonable reason is for ocean carrier companies to refuse to haul U.S. farm commodity exports to their destinations overseas.
