It looks like lawmakers will have $130 billion less to write the upcoming farm bill than they did for the past one. The Congressional Budget Office made that announcement when…
USDA Seeking Public Input on GMO Labeling
…bioengineered substance needed to deem it bioengineered. The GMO Labeling legislation passed by Congress last year gave USDA two years to finalize the regulation. USDA says it is preparing to…
UC ANR Vice President Testifies Before House Ag Committee
As Congress considers the next Farm Bill, Glenda Humiston, University of California Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, spoke before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Thursday,…
Water Rights Protection Act Offers Relief from Federal Water Extortion
…law; and Maintain environmental safeguards already in place. Farm Bureau commends Congressman Scott Tipton’s leadership on the legislation and urges Congress to act swiftly to bring America’s ranchers’ much-needed relief….
American Farm Bureau Cautions on Cuba
…would benefit from increased sales of high-quality, American-grown food and feed. The American Farm Bureau will continue to work with the administration and Congress to maintain and improve the conditions…
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…notified Congress that it plans to proceed with renegotiating the 24-year-old trade pact. NMPF will be actively engaged in this process through the submission of recommendations on the priorities of…
USDA Seeks Cotton Board Nominees
…361-2726, facsimile (540) 361-1199, or email Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. The cotton research and promotion program is authorized by the Cotton Research and Promotion Act of 1966. Since 1966, Congress has authorized the…
Duvall Praises Selection of Hazlett for Rural Development
…USDA’s effort to grow our rural economies. “As Congress weighs in on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s proposal to reorganize USDA, we commend him for putting an experienced hand on his…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…as the GIPSA Rule – that Congress mandated in the 2008 Farm Bill; lawmakers rejected a provision that would have eliminated the need to prove a competitive injury to win…
Farm Bureau Asks Senate Committee to Advance EPA Nominee Susan Bodine
…practice, for Congress and EPA, Susan Bodine has proven her leadership skills and her deep understanding of our nation’s environmental laws and how they affect ordinary citizens and small businesses,”…
Panetta Establishes Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and Congressman Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) have joined together to establish the bipartisan Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus. The Caucus is dedicated to topics related to agriculture research,…
Western View: Trump and Agriculture
…first meeting with congress. Not many of the cuts are likely to happen, at least not now, but they do show Mr. Trump’s hand. He may not be the friend…
USTR: No NAFTA Deadline Set
…90 days after the USTR notifies Congress, which Lightizer and the Donald Trump administration did May 18th. Mexico is eager to wrap up the negations quickly as the nation is…
Ag Groups Seek Truck Weight Limits Increase
A coalition of agriculture groups has asked Congress to include language in an appropriations bill to allow ten states to increase commercial truck weight limits. The coalition is asking Congress…