Energy giants Chevron and Exxon have asked the Environmental Protection Agency for waivers from the nation’s biofuels program that have typically been reserved for small refiners in financial trouble. A…
House Members from Across the Country Praise 2018 Farm Bill
…Nutrition Assistance Program will strengthen this program by providing food and job security for all who want to achieve economic independence. The farm bill introduced in committee provides certainty and…
Farm bill discussions will affect all Californians
…products that create new opportunities throughout the economy.” Johansson said Farm Bureau will seek continued and enhanced commitment to farm bill programs that promote environmental stewardship. “Current farm bill programs…
Groups React to Farm Bill Proposal
…the NPPC-supported Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development Program, both of which help support exports markets for U.S. goods. The programs are consolidated as the International Market Development…
Chairman Conaway Introduces the Agriculture and Nutrition Act
…us who struggle every week to put food on the table. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is reauthorized under the farm bill, is essential to helping many Americans…
Peterson Introduces MPP Replacement Program
…volatile market conditions outside of their control. The act would replace the Margin Protection Program with the Dairy Risk Management Program. Peterson says dairy farmers from his congressional district and…
Trump’s EO on Reducing Poverty Promotes Economic Independence
…a reality. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service administers 15 nutrition assistance programs that include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program…
GOA Issues Report on Cattle Markets
…daily transaction data with the Packers and Stockyards Program. And if USDA determines the statute does not permit such sharing, and it is advisable, submit to Congress a proposal to…
USDA to Immediately Assist Producers for Qualifying Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program Losses
…to pay ELAP applications as they are filed for 2018 and subsequent program years. Other USDA Disaster Assistance Programs The Act removed program year payment limitations and increased the acreage…
California Dairies Becoming Increasingly Energy Efficient
…Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is also incentivizing the further development of on-farm energy efficient technologies through multiple cost-sharing programs. “Because of establishing the Dairy Digester Research and Development Program, we…
Loss Of Foreign Workers Would Hurt Agriculture
…a portion of their pay as incentive for periodic “touchbacks” to their country. The H-2C visa would replace the current H-2A temporary, seasonal agricultural worker program. The legislation initially would…
GAO Gives USDA Approval to Ditch Organic Livestock Rule
…January 19th, 2017, the last day of the Obama administration. The rule would have increased federal regulations regarding housing, care and transportation of livestock and poultry for certified organic producers….
USDA Highlights Feedback from Stakeholders in Review of Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) submitted a Report to Congress that reviews the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Program and includes feedback from a broad range…
USDA Reopens Enrollment for Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
Bipartisan Budget Act Makes Substantial Program Changes U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is encouraging dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy…