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Vance Challenges USDA for Providing Farm Benefits Based on Color
Vance Challenges USDA for Providing Farm Benefits Based on Color DTN The Progressive Farmer
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Lawmakers Show Bipartisan Support for Sugar Policy
In a bipartisan show of support for U.S. sugar policy, Representatives Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) all spoke at the International Sweetener Symposium in Washington. Each of the members noted the importance of agriculture, particularly sugarbeets, to their region of the country. Sugar production has a significant impact on the…
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BLM Announces Next Steps in Public Lands Rule Implementation
The Bureau of Land Management announced its intent to develop a Federal Advisory Committee to engage the public and help inform the BLM’s implementation of the Public Lands Rule. The committee will allow the agency to continue working with and hearing from a range of experts and the public to support successful rule implementation. “The…
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The Human Side of Farming Touched in Farm Bill Push
Farm bill arguments have come in all shapes and sizes the past year, but sometimes it’s the human one that hits a chord, as one seemed to do at a recent House Ag Committee hearing. Farming is unlike any other profession. GreenPoint Retail Senior Vice President Joey Caldwell told House Ag lawmakers recently that it…
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Leaders React to USDA Funding to Address Drought, Conserve Water in Western States
WASHINGTON — On Aug. 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will invest $400 million with at least 18 irrigation districts to help farmers continue commodity production while also conserving water across the West. The funding is expected to conserve up to 50,000 acre-feet in water use across 250,000 acres of irrigated…
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Congressman Flood introduces SAF Information Act
A Bipartisan bill has been introduced directing the Energy Information Administration to include sustainable aviation fuels in published data sets. U.S Representative Mike Flood (R) of Nebraska joined Louisiana’s Troy Carter (D) Friday in support of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Information Act. They say it’s designed to give stakeholders more clarity into how production is developing. Several industry leaders have expressed…
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GOP lawmaker squares off with USDA, tribes over farm bill land transfer
GOP lawmaker squares off with USDA, tribes over farm bill land transfer The Hill
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Bost: Get farm bill on House floor
Bost: Get farm bill on House floor FarmWeekNow.com
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Farm bill focus of Illinois commodity groups
Illinois commodity groups are focused on the farm bill. Brian Duncan, president of the Illinois Farm Bureau, says the need for a new five-year farm bill has never been greater. “The need for a genuine economic backstop for agriculture.” He says, “A need to get a farm bill done that has updated reference prices that…
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Congress aims to boost enforcement at the border – with Canada
Congress aims to boost enforcement at the border – with Canada Idaho Capital Sun
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Nebraska leaders weigh in on $307 million EPA grant to lower carbon emissions
Nebraska is receiving $307 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to tackle climate pollution. Brownfield’s Brandon Peoples has more from the Governor’s Summit on Ag and Economic Development. Andrew Dunkley, with the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) says the funding will be distributed to the state in October. “We are in negotiation with…
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Cherry season such a ‘disaster’ in Michigan that Whitmer urges federal action
Cherry season such a ‘disaster’ in Michigan that Whitmer urges federal action MLive.com
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Prices & politics highlight Ag Day discussions at Illinois State Fair
Prices and politics are highlighting discussions at the kickoff of the Illinois State Fair. KJ Johnson, president of the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association, says the annual tradition of Ag Day represents an industry homecoming. “This is one of those times where we get to see everybody in the industry.” He says, “Everybody’s thinking about…
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Farm Credit Statement on New Farm Service Agency Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Farm Credit Council President and CEO Todd Van Hoose issued a statement following the Farm Service Agency’s final rule, titled “Enhancing Program Access and Delivery for Farm Loans”: “Farm Credit welcomes the new Farm Service Agency rule, which enhances FSA’s flexibility to better support farmers and encourages collaboration with Farm Credit…
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Ag Bankers See Farm Economy ‘Cliff’ Without Farm Bill
Ag bankers fear an economic cliff in farm country without a new farm bill. That’s according to one longtime Ag banker who testified before the House Agriculture Committee recently. Tony Hotchkiss has spent the last 41 years in Ag banking and now chairs the Agriculture and Rural Bankers Committee of the American Bankers Association. He…
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CDC Spends $250 Million to Develop Bird Flu Vaxx, Jab Farmworkers
The Centers for Disease Control will invest ten million dollars in two new projects to protect the health of farmworkers. Wisconsin’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Director, Dr. Keith Poulson tells Brownfield some funding will go towards developing an avian influenza vaccine. “About 250 million dollars to help develop H5-specific RNA subunit vaccines, so very similar using…
