…U.S. doesn’t play by the rules. It is long past time that Congress repeal this broken regulation.” The NCBA calls on Congress to fix this broken rule and supports legislation…
NCBA President: Next Step is Retaliation
…broken regulation.” The NCBA calls on Congress to fix this broken rule and supports legislation to repeal COOL before retaliation is awarded. Canada has released detailed proposed targets for retaliatory…
USDA Announces Funding to Assist with Organic Certification Costs
…has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding…
USDA announces $30 Million for Food Entrepreneurs and Agricultural Producers to Develop New Products
…while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since the bill’s enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including…
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
…reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers…
Farm Bureau Supports Trade Promotion Authority Bills
…today. “Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today introduced legislation that greatly benefits American agriculture and farm families across the nation. This bipartisan…
Water for Farms – a Briefing by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)
…where groundwater reserves are inadequate. Climate change is expected to make severe droughts more likely. New groundwater legislation, local initiatives, and Proposition 1—the state water bond approved in November 2014—provide…
USDA to Issue Disaster Assistance to Help Honeybee, Livestock and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
…this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new…
McCarthy Statement on California Water Restrictions
…and dry. These rules and regulations must be changed. “My House colleagues and I have acted aggressively to enact legislation that would have helped protect us from the current situation….
Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Approximately $23 Million Available for Citrus Greening Research
…dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk…
USDA to Provide $332 Million to Protect and Restore Agricultural Working Lands, Grasslands and Wetlands
…savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships. Vilsack and Weller Announce Wetland Funding…
Governor Brown Signs $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
…legislation – AB 91 and AB 92 – that fast-tracks more than $1 billion in funding for drought relief and critical water infrastructure projects. “This funding is just one piece…
USDA Extends ARC and PLC Deadlines
…progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing…
Western View: Drought Crisis Response Is Too Little
…fixes. Nothing in the legislation gets us back to farming by bringing more water in to the Central Valley. We’re still watering lawns in LA and saving the smelt while…