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Court denies petition for stronger EPA regulation of large livestock farms
A lawsuit brought by Food & Water Watch would have required farmers to have Clean Water Act discharge permits for their operations.
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Sugar Producers Stress Importance of Farm Bill in 2024
“Waiting till next year would be a mistake.” That’s the prognosis from Dr. Rob Johansson of the American Sugar Alliance regarding the next farm bill. “Two years’ worth of hearings have documented a brewing financial crisis caused by falling commodity prices, high input costs, and tightening farm credit,” he said. “It’s time for Congress to…
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USDA Actions Aim to Lower Food Prices
USDA Actions Aim to Lower Food Prices Morning Ag Clips –
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NCBA Responds to Misguided White House Ag Event With Activists
WASHINGTON (October 8, 2024) – Today, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane responded to the agriculture event hosted today at the White House: “Real cattle producers have faced two hurricanes in two weeks and months of devastating wildfires across the West, and instead of addressing these immediate problems hurting farmers…
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White House hosts meeting with farm groups
The White House is hosting a meeting with select ag groups today. Iowa Farm Bureau president Brent Johnson tells Brownfield AFBF president Zippy Duvall will be there pushing for completion of the farm bill. “We’ve been very consistent in the priorities of where Farm Bureau sees the titles of the farm bill, and largely those…
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Texas Group Assisting Iowa Farmer in Challenging USDA-Related “Swampbuster” Statute
Texas Group Assisting Iowa Farmer in Challenging USDA-Related “Swampbuster” Statute Liberty Justice Center
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McDonald’s sues major beef producers in US price-fixing lawsuit
McDonald’s sues major beef producers in US price-fixing lawsuit Canadian Cattlemen
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Members of Congress look to appropriations for H-2A labor cost freeze
A U.S. Congressman says he’s working with House appropriation leaders to pause H-2A guest worker program cost increases. Michigan Republican Bill Huizenga tells Brownfield a bipartisan group of 120 lawmakers is trying to make farm labor a priority issue for the four corners of Congress in the lame duck. “The Senate Majority and Minority Leader…
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Lobbyist says tax reform will be a priority in 2025
The head lobbyist for Syngenta says tax reform will be one of the top priorities for the next Congress. Mary Kay Thatcher says, “This is really the Super Bowl of tax bills that we’ve ever done.” She says the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was passed in 2017 expires next year, and it includes…
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Will lawmakers step in to help ag?
Will lawmakers step in to help ag? Farm Progress
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Lawmakers Questioning Inaction on Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak
Lawmakers want to know why the Department of Agriculture and Boar’s Head did not take action to avoid a Listeria outbreak. A group of U.S. legislators are demanding answers from officials regarding egregious food safety violations at a production plant that has led to dozens of hospitalizations and at least 10 deaths. “What is especially…
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Lame Duck Session Seen as Last Chance to Save Farm Bill
The legislation that would set food and farm policy for the next five years is in limbo, waiting for lawmakers to decide its fate after the election. The latest deadline for the Farm Bill passed unceremoniously at midnight on Sept. 30, without a push from lawmakers to pass a new bill or an extension. Congress…
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Iowa’s 1st and 3rd District races are now toss-ups
Iowa’s 1st and 3rd District races are now toss-ups Axios
