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State AGs Encourage Congressional Action on Right to Repair Legislation
…price and quickly enough to harvest their crops.” The coalition of 28 AGs highlights three pieces of legislation that Congress should be considering more heavily. Introduced in 2021, the Fair…
Farm Operations Support Act Aims to Suspend H-2A Wage Increases
…Operations Support Act to address increasing wages for the H-2A program. The legislation would set the AEWR to the December 2022 level for the remainder of the year. For the…
Industry Groups Call for Trade Market Support for Ag Products
…to pass Trade Promotion Authority legislation. “For 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture now forecasts that the U.S. will run a food and agriculture trade deficit of $14.5 billion,” the…
Bill Introduced to Provide Clean Drinking Water for Rural Americans
…this legislation is available here. A one-pager on this legislation is available here. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program here. Bill Introduced to Provide Clean Drinking Water…
Plant Biostimulant Act: ‘Critically Important’ to Industry
This week the Plant Biostimulant Act of 2023 has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation seeks to establish more clarity within the…
Organizations Voice Support for Existing Pesticide Law
…have contacted Congress to voice concern over similar proposed legislation. Crop Life America president and CEO Chris Novak says, “Any legislation seeking to ban individual chemistries and politicize the regulatory…
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 03-10-23
…of NOW application in almonds, and the busy legislation start to 2023. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous AgNet News…
DAIRY PRIDE Act Reintroduced to Address Labeling of Dairy Alternatives
…Food and Drug Administration enforce its own definitions for dairy terminology, prevent imitation products from deceiving consumers, and start advocating for the farmers who feed us.” The legislation would prevent…
Farm Bureau Analysis: 2022 Crop Losses Top $21 Billion
…Losses; 2020 Disasters Reveal Gaps in Ad Hoc Aid Legislation; Continuing Resolution Extends Disaster Coverage for Most 2020 and 2021 Losses; Kentucky, Arkansas Tornadoes, Midwest Derecho Renew Calls for Timely…
Strengthening Dog Import Standards
…to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases impacting both animal and human health. The legislation has been reintroduced in both chambers of Congress and would improve importation standards to…
First 2023 House Agriculture Committee Hearing Focuses on Challenges
…historic pieces of legislation: the bipartisan Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act which included more than 2.9 billion dollars for USDA’s rural broadband programs, water storage, and a new Bioproduct Pilot…
Week in Review: House Speaker Addresses World Ag Expo & CA Farmers Get Flood Damage Assistance
…the Emergency Conservation Program. Multiple pieces of legislation have been introduced in an effort to limit further investment from foreign entities. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will be dispersing the…
Legislation Seeks to Protect U.S. Farmland from Foreign Investment
…acres of U.S. farmland in 2021. Multiple pieces of legislation have been introduced as an effort to limit further investment from foreign entities. The Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS)…