The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with more than 60 other agriculture groups, told the Biden administration on Monday that South African farm workers should be exempted from travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 omicron variant.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP) will pay producers $54 a head for up to 10,000 head sold through a negotiated sale from April 16, 2020, through Sept. 1, 2020.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
In a pair of separate letters, biofuel groups and others wrote Congress to block certain fuels blended with petroleum from qualifying for Sustainable Aviation Fuels tax credits while another letter to EPA seeks a tweak to vapor rules that would allow year-round E15 across the...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
USDA opened signup Wednesday for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and announced some changes to expand the program to fairy farmers, including retroactively paying farmers for recent increases in production, as well as retroactively paying farmers for a change in price...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The Risk Management Agency made a couple of announcements on Tuesday. One loosened some rules for prevented planting acres and the other one included the roll out of a new program for small-scale producers.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
An Hours of Service waiver was set to expire on Tuesday but the federal government extended the waiver through February. USDA also reported the lowest vaccination rates in the federal government, but the White House is delaying any discipline.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Crop insurance has helped keep more than 80% of producers on the farm, but also has been a factor in eliminating some farms and increasing the size of other farm operations as well. Crop insurance also has resulted in lower market prices for commodities as well.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board, the National Corn Growers, the National Farmers Union, and the Renewable Fuels Association on Monday announced their support for provisions and agricultural portions of the Build Back Better Act.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
House Democrats have put their faith in the Senate, this time with an even more narrow majority, to pass their social agenda or risk campaign attacks for programs that never make it into law. They did that in 2009 and lost.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
As Americans focus more on inflationary issues, the American Farm Bureau pegs Thanksgiving costs increasing 14% from a year ago while USDA estimates the increase at 5%.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill later this week on the Build Back Better Act. Its mix of social programs, climate initiatives and tax policy changes are projected to cost roughly $2 trillion over the next decade. The American Farm Bureau Federation...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
China and the U.S. combine roughly 40% of global emissions. The two countries agreed to work throughout the next decade on emission reductions and environmental standards, and move towards the emission-reduction goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
With Veterans Day approaching, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations held a hearing on the military and hunger. There were no particular legislation as the focus of the hearing, but the testimony was meant to highlight some of the...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
House Ag leadership from both parties have mentioned the need to vet what is in the bill related to agriculture, and what isn't in the bill. There is a lot of misinformation out there, and some of it is coming from committee members.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The final vote on the infrastructure bill came after a day of negotiations among Democrats in Congress and the president. The agreement to shore up Democratic votes for the infrastructure bill also allowed the president's $1.75 trillion social spending package to advance in the...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
While the Biden administration continues to issue vaccine mandates for the public and private sectors, USDA and other federal departments so far are not releasing information about how much of their workforce has provided proof of vaccination.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Farm Service Agency is encouraging producers to reach out to their local USDA Service Centers to make changes to their elections and enroll for ARC or PLC for 2022 crops. Changes of enrollment are optional, but producers must sign a new contract each year. The enrollment...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
While at the G-20 meeting in Rome, the president reached an agreement with the European Union on steel and aluminum trade tied reducing emissions from steel and aluminum production. The deal will incentivize emission reductions from sectors of the economy that are considered...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
For agriculture, the Build Back Better Act includes big investments in forestry, conservation and research programs. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition pointed to the increases in USDA's alphabet soup of conservation programs.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told DTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom earlier Wednesday that all the agriculture and food programs in the House proposal for the Build Back Better Act had taken a haircut but remained in good shape...
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