The Biden administration has identified four major meat processors as being largely responsible for increased consumer prices. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese recently released…
PRS Grant Program to Aid with COVID Related Costs
…USDA will soon be publishing Requests for Applications for each of the new programs. “As the economy continues to gain strength after the Biden Administration’s historic vaccination and economic relief…
2021 Grassland CRP Enrollment Acreage Doubles Last Year’s Amount
…for the Administration to be innovative with the other conservation tools, such as the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, at our disposal as we work to enlist non-traditional partners in our…
Farm and Food Workers Relief Program to Award $700 Million in Grants
…needs while continuing to provide essential services. This grant program is another component of this Administration’s efforts to ensure assistance to alleviate the effects of the pandemic is distributed to…
Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacated by Federal Judge
…July. The NWPR was established by the Trump Administration as a means for simplifying the scope of the Clean Water Act. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez’s ruling was met with…
WTO Panel to Review China’s Compliance on Farm Product Imports
The World Trade Organization established a dispute panel request by China. The panel will determine whether China complied with an earlier WTO ruling regarding the administration of its tariff rate…
Western House Members Ask for FEMA Disaster Declaration
…from governors of 10 drought-stricken states asking the Biden administration to declare a drought disaster that would allow “agricultural communities to get access to funds that aren’t available through existing…
Grassley Wants Administration to Fill Ag Trade Positions
…House, “I write to you today to express my concern that your administration is not making agricultural trade a priority. Two positions that are essential to agricultural trade have been…
Contract Producers Eligible for Assistance Under Recent CFAP 2 Update
…contract growers were left out and worked with lawmakers and the administration to ensure all farmers’ voices were being heard,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said in a…
FDA Adjusts Lettuce Sampling Protocols for the Salinas Valley
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its lettuce sampling protocols for the Salinas Valley. FDA has been in the process of collecting and testing lettuce grown in…
Propane Prices Heading Higher
…89.3 million barrels a year ago. The Energy Information Administration says that’s a 35 percent reduction in stocks year-over-year. The National Association of Farm Broadcasting and the American Farm Bureau…
EPA Moves to End Chlorpyrifos Use on National Scale
…guided by the most reliable determinant of safety, which is science. This administration has repeatedly made commitments to abide by science, yet the EPA decision on chlorpyrifos strays from that…
USDA Accepting Applications to Help Cover Costs for Organic Certification
…your local USDA Service Center. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for…
Infrastructure Bill to Improve Broadband Access with $65 Billion in Support
…support in rural areas. A total of $42.45 billion is designated to go to individual state projects, funded through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the Commerce Department….