…Cryan developed and successfully led efforts to change federal milk pricing and marketing regulations, and served as an appointed member of the USDA Advisory Committee on Agricultural Statistics. Earlier in…
Ag Coalition Pleads for Action Addressing Ocean Carriers
A total of 76 agricultural organizations are calling on federal officials to address the ongoing challenges with ocean carriers. In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, the ag groups…
Meat Institute: Scapegoating Industry Does Not Help Consumer
…challenges faced by meat and poultry packers and processors in meeting extraordinary consumer demand to Biden Administration officials, Potts sent a letter to Secretary Vilsack. The letter is in response…
Elaine Trevino Nominated as Next Chief Ag Trade Negotiator
…vacancies in the administration. Trevino currently serves as President of the Almond Alliance of California and has served as a Deputy Secretary at the California Department of Food and Agriculture….
White House Points to Meat Processors for High Consumer Prices
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…
Funding Available to Support Specialty Crop Production
…Program (SCMP) are also being accepted. Grant awards for the SCBGP will range from $100,000 to $500,000 per project. Organizations, academic institutions, local, state, federal, and Tribal government entities are…
AFT Adds to Policy Team to Tackle Climate Issues
…organization’s climate policy agenda. American Farmland Trust is preparing a multiyear strategy to advance transformational climate policy at the state and federal level, including the 2023 Farm Bill. In its…
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…
Congressional Leaders Educated on How Tax Proposals Impact Ag
…firmly believe the current federal estate tax code provisions must be maintained.” The letter was signed by 46 state Farm Bureaus, as well as hundreds of state and national ag…
Ag Groups Voice Concern Over Revision of WOTUS Rule
…drainages, ditches, or low spots could trigger the CWA’s harsh civil or even criminal penalties unless a permit is obtained. The tens of thousands of additional costs for federal permitting…
Free Canine-Assisted ACP Scouting Available to Industry Members
…services will be available for free to industry members. “Thanks to the taxpayers’ federal dollar USDA APHIS has funded us for a year. So, until April 1, 2022, any grower…
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…
Water Provisions of Infrastructure Bill Come After Years of Advocacy
…national level. It took more than three years of work to get Western water issues addressed in a federal infrastructure package. “We started making noise about this in Washington D.C….