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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 02, 2025
The Biden administration’s export agenda has included enforcement of trade agreement provisions critical to American agriculture. USDA Trade Undersecretary Alexis Taylor joins Agri-Pulse to discuss the latest on the discussions with Mexico over genetically modified corn as well as the markets the department has identified as its next trade mission targets.
Then, Jaime Castaneda with the U.S. Dairy Export Council and Kam Quarles with the National Potato Council offer their thoughts on the trade issues facing their organizations and how the Biden administration’s trade efforts are working for producers.
The week was full of hearings and other developments certain to impact the upcoming farm bill. Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member and Arkansas Republican John Boozman joins Newsmakers to discuss the latest on how the farm bill is shaping up and what changes he’ll need to see in the legislation to lend it his support.
Then, Mary Nowak with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and Andrew Walmsley with the American Farm Bureau Federation discuss the politics and the policies facing Ag Committee leaders in the House and Senate as they draft new farm policy.
The appropriations process is in full swing on Capitol Hill, and many ag policy issues are sure to be impacted by annual spending debates. House Appropriations Committee Republican Ashley Hinson of Iowa joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss her priorities in the process as well as how the farm bill could be impacted by debt ceiling negotiations.
Then, Alexa Combelic with the American Soybean Association and Joe Kakesh with Growth Energy offer their thoughts on pending Environmental Protection Agency action on a host of issues facing the biofuels sector.
The Senate Agriculture Committee is inching closer to drafting a new farm bill, and many of the committee’s members are working to include their priorities in the upcoming legislation. Among that group is Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock, who joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss what he wants to see from the next farm bill as well as offer his thoughts on USDA’s implementation of disadvantaged producer relief.
Then, Dãnia Davy with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives and USDA Equity Commission co-chair Dewayne Goldmon join a panel discussion on where things stand on efforts to address long standing issues facing minority farmers and what the federal government can do to address them.
The Biden administration is taking another step that could lead to a dispute settlement panel over Mexico’s plans to ban the importing of genetically modified corn. National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss how the U.S. can maintain its trade relationship with Mexico and what needs to be done to get a farm bill passed this year.
Then, farm policy consultant Ferd Hoefner and Invariant's Danielle Beck offer their thoughts on climate and conservation in the next farm bill, USDA's new proposal limiting the use of "product of the USA" on meat labels and the agency's report on competition in the seed industry.
The House and Senate Ag Committees are gearing up to produce a new farm bill, and the nutrition title is sure to be a focus of many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. House Ag Republican Brad Finstad, who chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over nutrition programs, joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to offer his thoughts on the upcoming farm bill as well as where things stand on efforts to sell E15 this summer.
Then, Gina Plata-Nino with the Food Research and Action Center and Robert Rector with the Heritage Foundation offer their thoughts on the politics facing potential nutrition title reforms and the need demonstrated by the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
