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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member John Boozman says he will only vote in favor of a farm bill that fixes reference prices used in the Price Loss Coverage program.
A nationwide trucking shortage that began well before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has worsened and is not anticipated to improve anytime soon. According to the American Trucking Associations, the United States currently needs an additional 80,000 truckers to meet the demands of shippers.
A potential shortage of truck drivers has both agriculture industry stakeholders and lawmakers concerned as supply chain bottlenecks have made it difficult for retailers, producers and consumers to obtain the inputs they need or transport their own products to the market.
House Agriculture Committee Chair David Scott, D-Ga., said the committee is working on permanent disaster legislation to help farmers recover financially from natural disasters, but skeptics say developing a good framework could be challenging.
Restaurants across the country are working hard to get back to normal, farmers have lost valuable food service markets and a growing number of unemployed workers struggle to purchase food because of COVID-19.
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.
