A bill passed the House Wednesday that would allow the sale of fluid whole milk to schools nationwide. The bill would overturn a dietary guideline from 2012 that replaced whole milk in schools with low-fat milk. The dairy industry has pushed to overturn that USDA decision ever...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
While senators push for a congressional vote to block the rule allowing the importation of beef from Paraguay, the secretaries of Agriculture from eight states send their own letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack also raising their concerns as well.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
With more than 80% of all payments coming in at $30,000 or less, nearly 170,000 farmers received higher payments than they otherwise would have collected. About 40,500 farmers -- likely with higher losses -- are receiving lower payments than expected.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Farm groups are asking the International Trade Commission to end countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer. In November, the Commerce Department agreed to lower the duties from 19.97% to 2.12% after retroactively examining the price of shipments and other...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Lawmakers and some major farm groups are complaining about the payment design for the 2022 Emergency Relief Program (ERP), though USDA counters Congress gave the department $3.74 billion to deal with a $10 billion or larger problem.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., introduced a bill Monday that would immediately halt the import of beef from Paraguay and create a new working group to examine both the risk to food safety and animal health by importing beef from Paraguay. A group of House...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told USDA staff and a group of industry stakeholders Wednesday that USDA and the Biden administration will show up to the COP laying out a series of investments in conservation and renewable energy. There will be "significant...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Documents first published Monday by the Centre for Climate Reporting lay out some briefing points by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) climate-negotiating team for Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), who also will serve as president of this year's...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The farm property at KC Farm School at Gibbs Road goes back decades with different owners and leaders, reflecting how urban agriculture has evolved in recent years. As programs from the 2018 farm bill have developed, more urban and alternative farms have started tapping...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Farmers Union typically offer different perspectives on the average costs of Thanksgiving meals. Consumers will pay less this year, but prices remain higher than they were before the pandemic hit. Farmers still receive cents...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
On the farm bill, the extension, with the backing of the leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees, extends the 2018 farm bill until Sept. 30, 2024.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Speaking to reporters after a hearing, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said that in 2013, when farm bill negotiations were dragging on and on, there was a sense of urgency in the agriculture community, but that she does not get that sense of urgency now. Congress right now is...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The proposal to extend funding for some federal agencies also includes a farm bill extension. The bill would also ensure USDA funding until late January and some other agencies would get extensions through early February. The proposal does not include aid to Israel or Ukraine...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Effective immediately all beef, pork, lamb and bison products purchased by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) must come from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the United States. Separately, a new rule for poultry contracts will require the companies to spell out...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
A look at a plan to help fund rural child-care facilities, legislation to help support sustainable aviation fuels, and a report in Congress examining options for farm labor are among some of the topics being considered by policymakers in Washington.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., spoke Monday morning to about 500 agricultural bankers from around the country then held a forum with Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur and Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., a fellow member of the House Agriculture Committee. Thompson's...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Environmental Working Group on Wednesday issued a report highlighting that crop insurance payments reached $118.7 billion from 2001 to 2022 for the five most expensive weather-related losses." The indemnities have gone up, but so has everything else about crop insurance, such...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Environmental Working Group on Wednesday issued a report highlighting that crop insurance payments reached $118.7 billion from 2001 to 2022. The indemnities have gone up, but so has everything else about crop insurance, such as acreage covered and potential liability on the...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The White House on Sunday explained the president and several cabinet members "will barnstorm across the country to highlight how 'Bidenomics' and the 'President's Investing in America' agenda are ensuring rural Americans do not have to leave their hometowns to find...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
A package of disaster aid requests to Congress from the White House includes $56 billion in proposals. Along with $2.8 billion disaster aid for farmers, the package includes another request for just over $1 billion in international food aid.
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