Latest Agricultural News & Farm Policy Updates | Agri-Pulse ...
Dec 23, 2024 · Agri-Pulse is a trusted source in Washington, D.C., with the largest editorial team focused on food and farm policy coverage. Get a balanced perspective on a wide variety of issues including the ...
Opinion: The growing importance of a 2024 farm bill
Oct 1, 2024 · In this opinion piece, Dr. Rob Johansson, Director of Economics and Policy Analysis for the American Sugar Alliance, urgently calls on Congress to pass a bipartisan Farm Bill that delivers greater ...
Agri-Pulse Newsmakers
Nov 29, 2024 · A challenging farm economy and clean fuels tax credit decision could lead to changes for farm country in 2025.We look ahead at big issues for the new year with farm group leaders, including ...
Opinion: The dire state of the American farm economy
Sep 26, 2024 · Row croppers are facing the worst financial blow of all farmers, with a $27.7 billion decline in cash receipts since last year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. In Alabama ...
Farm-state Senate appropriators underscore need for market relief
Nov 20, 2024 · The Senate Appropriations Committee met Wednesday to discuss the need for disaster funding across different sectors. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small and other representatives of ...
USDA offering $2B in new funding for specialty crop growers
Nov 19, 2024 · The Agriculture Department will provide $2 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funding to fruit, vegetable and nut growers through a new program Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday.
Farm bill extension talks deadlock over market relief, IRA funding ...
Dec 14, 2024 · Negotiations over a package of market relief assistance for farmers reached an impasse Saturday after Democratic leaders rejected the latest GOP proposal, and the nation's largest farm group ...
Farm bill expired. Nine things you should know | Agri-Pulse ...
Oct 1, 2024 · The 2018 farm bill, which was extended last year until Sept. 30, 2024, has now expired once again. What does that mean for major farm and nutrition programs?
Opinion: Our growing agricultural trade deficit is another reason …
Sep 17, 2024 · This projection is far worse than USDA anticipated for even fiscal 2024, when our agricultural trade deficit was approximated to reach $30 billion – which at the time was only the third instance ...
Daybreak Nov. 7: Speculation builds on Trump's ag secretary
Nov 7, 2024 · The speculation season has begun, with several names being floated for Agriculture Secretary in a new Trump administration. Leading the pack: Kip Tom, a former Ambassador to the United Nations ...