Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched the AIM for Climate initiative at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November 2021. He is co-hosting a summit this week with the minister of climate change and environment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The Republican senators stated in their three-paragraph letter to Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that they would not vote for cloture on any bill that raises the debt ceiling "without substantive spending and budget reforms." They did not detail any specific cuts.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to support a resolution overturning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule that lists the lesser prairie chicken as a "threatened" species in parts of Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma while also designating the bird as "endangered" in parts of...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The Biden administration "dipped into billions from the CCC" for programs "that were not within the scope of eligibility, I don't believe," said Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., referring to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's $3.1 billion Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative. Still...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
USDA is providing loan payment relief as part of $3.1 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to help distressed farm-loan borrowers. Since the IRA passed last fall, USDA stated the department has provided roughly $1.1 billion in aid to more than 20,000 distressed farm-loan...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The White House on Tuesday officially declared President Joe Biden would veto the House debt limit bill if it reaches his desk. The House bill rolls back tax credits for a long list of renewable energy programs from the Inflation Reduction Act, including multiple tax credits for...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday introduced the Limit, Save and Grow Act, with a long list of GOP demands to raise the national debt limit by $1.5 trillion. Among the provisions, the bill would repeal several green-energy tax credits that were extended or...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., outlined a one-year increase in the debt-ceiling in a speech to the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. McCarthy sought to paint President Joe Biden as unwilling to negotiate as the president has called on Congress to raise the debt...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
EPA's administrator will testify next Wednesday before a House Agriculture Subcommittee while the chair and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee are seeking more money to write the next farm bill.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The Biden administration on Wednesday made its most aggressive move toward pushing the country to electric vehicles with EPA proposals for tighter vehicle emission standards for both light- and medium-duty vehicles, as well as heavy-duty trucks used in construction and hauling...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
With roughly 80% of agriculture relying on reliable rainfall to produce a crop, non-irrigated agriculture will face greater challenges in a warmer climate with shifting rain patterns, American Farmland Trust cites. Projected yield losses will cross with the need to increase food...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a Congressional Review Act bill that had passed Congress in March and would have forced EPA to withdraw the latest iteration of the Clean Water Act waters of the U.S. rule. The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation criticized...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Lawmakers from both parties are dropping bills they hope become markers for the next farm bill debate. Senators in North and South Dakota have introduced a bill to change how USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service handles wetland determinations. House members...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The Biden administration announced $1 billion in REAP funding on Friday with USDA opening a series of quarterly application windows over the next two years for grants as well as a continuous application window for guaranteed loans.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) on Thursday announced it would expand Margin Protection plans for farmers in 1,255 counties for soybeans and 1,729 counties for corn production. The expansion will happen for the 2024 crops.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Senators voted Wednesday to overturn the waters of the U.S. rule in the EPA under the Congressional Review Act, following a House vote earlier this month. President Joe Biden is expected to veto the measure, but waters of the U.S. will continue to be a complicated political rule...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified Tuesday in a marathon session with nearly 50 members of the House either diving into their own monologues or asking the secretary repeatedly about food assistance, climate-smart programs, USDA assistance for meatpackers, Chinese...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
While the U.S. Trade Representative's Office is holding talks with Indo-Pacific countries, the country's top trade negotiator told Senators on Thursday that the U.S. isn't cutting any deals for other countries to lower tariffs to U.S. products. Senators from both parties...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
A bill passed the Iowa House on Wednesday that would require carbon pipeline projects to get at least 90% of their easement miles through voluntary agreements with landowners before seeking eminent domain authority from state regulators. A poll in Iowa shows more than...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Food security is a major component of a new United Nations climate report released Monday. The report includes 33 references to food security and or food production as a risk going forward. Beyond actual temperature changes and extreme weather, the scientists also note...
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