…goal. “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will preserve many critical tax provisions that farmers and ranchers need to manage tight margins and unpredictable income. Farm Bureau looks forward to…
Working on Sugar Support Programs Before 2018 Farm Bill
…more than 30 members of Congress have introduced the Sugar Policy Modernization Act. She says the policies within the legislation will keep processors from having to forfeit their crops and…
GAO to Investigate Pruitt NCBA Videos
…asked to check if Pruitt violated laws “on the use of appropriated funds for lobbying and publicity or propaganda purposes and the Antideficiency Act,” according to Politico. In August, critics…
Perdue Statement on House Passage of Resilient Federal Forests Act
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (H.R. 2936) as an important step toward better management of…
Conaway Supports House Guest Worker Bill
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway offered his approval to a bill that would bring reforms to agriculture labor. Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee approves the Ag Act, which supporters…
Dairy Industry Applauds Introduction of School Milk Nutrition Act
…the International Dairy Foods Association say the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2017 would make permanent the administrative changes in the school lunch program proposed earlier this year by the…
Secretary Perdue on Confirmation of Greg Ibach Key USDA Post
…customers: the farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers of America. I look forward to working with Greg and urge the Senate to continue to act on other nominees who are awaiting…
Farm Bankruptcy Relief Bill Sent to Trump
…a previous bankruptcy reform law that ignored Congress’ goal of helping family farmers, according to sponsors of the legislation. The Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017 is sponsored by…
Almond Matters: First Rains Mean Weed Control Begins
…of precipitation, Clay said it was probably enough to start growth and growers need to act fast if they haven’t already. “It was probably enough to get some of those…
Senate Committee Advances Chief Ag Negotiator Nominee
…it is “essential that his administration is well-staffed and ready to get to work,” on trade in urging the Senate to act quickly to confirm Doud. Last week, Senate Agriculture…
Register for the Latino Farmer Conference
…of workshops will begin after lunch with presentations on how to conform to new farmworker health and safety regulations, along with requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Workshops will…
Call to Action at CAPCA Conference
…Act has been for agricultural water supplies, by changing the biological opinions on the Delta smelt. “[It] made it to where you actually have to use science to see if…
WOTUS Jurisdiction Case Reaches Supreme Court
…rule does not fall within the specific categories of the Clean Water Act which would call for appellate court review. Counsel to the federal government argues for a functional interpretation…
Pork Producers Applaud Withdraw Of GIPSA Rules
…Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). The agency also announced it will take no further action on a proposed regulation of the Farmer Fair Practices Rules….