…and System for Award Management (SAM) numbers to participate in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) programs has been eliminated. Congress included this repeal in the…
Lawmakers Renew Call for Completing NAFTA This Week
…an agreement this week. That is if the Trump administration wants Congress to consider an updated NAFTA before the end of 2018. House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady says…
House Will Take Up Farm Bill This Week
Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, says Congress will take up the farm bill debate sometime within the week. The House schedule has the week’s session running from Tuesday through…
NAFTA Clock Is Ticking
…Congress. If the Administration wants a vote this year, the deadline is this Thursday, May 17. Politico says Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s deadline makes it uncertain whether or…
Conaway Comments on Trump Challenging India Market Practices
…rising foreign subsidies, tariffs and trade barriers” that harm agriculture. As the Trump administration works to hold trading partners accountable, Conaway says Congress should do also stand up for farmers…
Secretaries Perdue and Zinke Join Forces to Combat 2018 Wildfire Season
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Thursday hosted a fire briefing for Members of Congress at the Department of Agriculture detailing the wildfire forecast for 2018. Following…
Wheat Growers Talk Farm Bill with Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
Officers of the National Association of Wheat Growers are in Washington, D.C. this week meeting with members of Congress. The wheat growers are stressing the importance of passing a farm…
NAFTA Talks Continue This Week
…U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has previously said he hopes to finish the talks by mid-May, as to pave the way to get a revised NAFTA through the U.S. Congress…
Conservatives Attack House Farm Bill
…Prosperity and Freedom Partners, two groups that are associated with billionaire conservative donors Charles and David Koch, sent a joint letter to Congress in opposition to the bill. The groups…
Agri View: Crackdown on Mislabeled Products
…what brought all of this about. A lot of people are pleased they can buy all of these substitute products. Now, Congress has stepped in. They are asking FDA, the…
USDA Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
The U.S. Department of Agriculture invited public comment on the proposed rule to establish the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard mandated by Congress in 2016. The standard will provide a…
Lighthizer: NAFTA Deal Needed within the Next Few Weeks
…soon to have any chance for an amended NAFTA to pass through the U.S. Congress this year, according to Politico. Lighthizer continued that he would rather get an agreement considered…
Dairy MPP Enrollment Deadline a Month Away
…program and sign up. Enrollment opened in early April after the Department of Agriculture announced changes to the program stemming from the Bipartisan Budget Act passed by Congress in February….
Congress to Study Ways to Reduce Food Waste
…research indicating that Americans waste nearly one pound of food per day, according to meat industry publication Meatingplace. The Caucus plans to offer education opportunities to congress members and their…