A trade mission this week to India largely appeared positive as officials talked about the potential to boost exports after India lowered tariffs on several agricultural products from the U.S. last year. Currently, India only accounts for about 1% of U.S. farm exports.
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Articles over the past several days from multiple national news and science outlets challenge how USDA is handling information about H5N1 infections involving now 33 dairy herds in eight states.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Articles over the past several days from multiple national news and science outlets challenge how USDA is handling information about H5N1 infections involving now 33 dairy herds in eight states.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Last week, Iowa environmental groups petitioned EPA to step in and protect drinking water in northeast Iowa from agricultural runoff. The same day, a farm LLC in a northeast Iowa county filed a federal lawsuit looking to overturn an USDA wetlands determination and the...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters USDA had to fill in a 5.2% increase departmentwide in salaries with a flat budget that came seven months into the year. That was a big driver for NASS having to cut back on three different surveys for cattle, cotton and...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke Monday to the North American Agricultural Journalists (NAAJ) annual meeting. Vilsack's talk with reporters touched on the farm bill, the relationship with China, highly pathogenic avian influenza and the federal greenhouse gas model.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said she sees promise in a proposal offered by Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee to increase premium subsidies for higher crop insurance protection levels.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
A bill introduced Tuesday by Republican senators would increase premium support for farmers' crop insurance bills and make higher levels of coverage more affordable for producers.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
A pair of separate reports from the National Corn Growers Association and the American Enterprise Institute point to changes in demand for corn ethanol under different rules and policies. One study raises concerns over demand loss while the other raises concerns over more...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, on Tuesday signed a new foreign ownership law requiring more registration and reporting for foreign landowners of agricultural land. Concerns about Chinese land ownership has prompted states to look for new ways to clamp down on foreign...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Groups have through July 2, 2024, to apply for funding under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). USDA rolled out the announcement for RCPP, noting the $1.5 billion is a record amount for a single year.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president and has a plan to revolutionize ag, including reversing 80 years of farm policy.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The announcement to open up Conservation Reserve Program acres is meant to help livestock producers in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas who were hit by the wildfires at the beginning of March.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
While there were complaints about how USDA uses the Commodity Credit Corp., on Thursday, there were also several members of Congress who want CCC used to help producers with specific challenges in their home districts as well.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explained Thursday the changes to the emissions model for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits will recognize some key climate-smart farming practices, but more work will be needed to include all the on-farm practices that reduce emissions or...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee again weighed in Monday about what they want to see happen with the farm bill this year. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., the committee chairwoman, said the rural-urban coalition that has held the farm bill together in past years...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The debate continues among leaders on the Senate Agriculture Committee about what to do with climate-smart money from the Inflation Reduction Act that is boosting spending for conservation programs at USDA.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The letter from 22 GOP senators comes as agricultural exports are falling, but also coming off the three best years in history as well. USDA does have a program starting in June that will provide more funding to help boost agricultural exports to smaller markets.
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A network of nearly 70 local organizations and communities along the Mississippi River are lobbying for more conservation funding in the farm bill as well as money for infrastructure to ease the chronic drought conditions on the lower Mississippi River.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the near rule at the National Farmers Union annual convention on Monday in Scottsdale, Ariz. The rule tightens the language on what products can be defined as Product of USA or Made in USA.
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