Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the Biden administration highlight the need for global food aid and opening up the Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea. Still, a report over the weekend indicates the bulk of U.S. aid money passed by Congress won't be used until later this...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Farm groups testifying before Senate Agriculture Committee leaders at a hearing in Arkansas stressed they want more funding for commodity programs in the next farm bill.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The Senate Agriculture Committee will take up a pair of livestock market bills that have been debated in Congress over the past year. The main bill would require USDA to set up certain levels of negotiated cash trade for cattle in different regions of the country.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The House voted 369-42 on Monday evening to approve the Senate version of the bill, which gives the Federal Maritime Commission more teeth to oversee ocean shipping companies. President Joe Biden wants to sign the bill immediately and pressed last week for final passage. He...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
At a congressional hearing on Thursday, an economist from Texas A&M highlighted concerns that two-thirds of rice farmers are facing losses in 2022 because of high input prices and relatively stagnant rice prices compared to other commodities. Looking at the next farm bill...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, spoke with President Joe Biden about shipping problems and other supply chain issues on Wednesday. Duvall also lobbied for passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Reports out of Washington state the House of...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Gas prices have hit a new average record of $4.92 a gallon. That might prompt people to tout the idea that they drive an EV, but not if you are a U.S. senator at a time of record inflation.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The two agriculture committees in Congress both have multiple subcommittee hearings set for this week. The Senate will look at western water challenges and agricultural trade. The House will look at SNAP issues and crop insurance in separate hearings.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Farm groups, especially those in organic or sustainable agriculture, had praise for USDA's plan to invest in certain areas of agriculture. Republican lawmakers were more critical, questioning the focus on organics and saying USDA's plans do not address current challenges.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday the Justice Department did not consult him on a brief filed by the Solicitor General in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by Bayer AG over a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on how Roundup should be labeled. California law...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday the Justice Department did not consult him on a brief field by the Solicitor General in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by Bayer AG over a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on how Roundup should be labeled. California law...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Citing the Biden administration's efforts to promote competition in the economy, Agriculture Secretary released details on the multiple announcements to open up new loans for small packers while also proposing new rules for major poultry processors that contract with farmers...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
National Farmers Union, a Democratic-leaning group, weighed in with a letter also expressing concern with the Solicitor General's "recent change in long-standing policy" affecting the crop-protection tools farmers rely on. A letter earlier this week from 54 other agricultural...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
On Tuesday, USDA Rural Development put out a news release about $770 million for 154 investments in rural business in 36 states and Puerto Rico. A big chunk of the funding, more than one quarter of all the loan guarantee funds, went to buy, refinance, construct or remodel...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The House Agriculture Committee advanced several bills in areas, including a bill that would create a special investigator office at USDA to investigate meatpacking market manipulation issues.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
In a call to reporters from Poland following a meeting of G7 ministers in Germany, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack noted that 80% of last year's Ukrainian crop had already been shipped before Russia began blocking the Black Sea ports, and said that while the remaining grain...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The 26 World Food Prize laureates, a mix of scientists and food-policy experts, published an open letter "to set the world back on track," calling for the G7 "to urgently leverage food systems to tackle these issues."
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Responding to concerns of higher food prices, higher costs for farmers and the need to boost global food production, the White House laid out three initiatives meant to encourage farmers to plant and ideally lower input costs in the future. The moves come as President Joe...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Responding to concerns of higher food prices, higher costs for farmers and the need to boost global food production, the White House laid out three initiatives meant to encourage farmers to plant and ideally lower input costs in the future. The moves come as President Joe...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked Tuesday about distressed farm families, but his figures were higher than USDA's actual totals of farmers with delinquent loans.
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