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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 17, 2024
Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said he0s encouraged by the priorities of the president-elect and members of congressional leadership, many of which line up with AFBF0s policy portfolio
Donald Trump takes office in just over two weeks and we still don0t know who his agriculture secretary is going to be. Last week, it appeared that Trump planned to select a Hispanic for the post, either former Texas Rep. Henry Bonilla or former Texas A&M University Presiden
Congressional Republicans are preparing to move a broad overhaul of the tax code that would have significant implications for farmers. A House GOP proposal could raise the cost of fuel but wipe out the federal estate tax and lower income tax rates while allowing farmers and ranchers to immedia
Republican Donald Trump is headed for the White House because he upset Democrat Hillary Clinton in the outstate sections counties beyond the metropolitan areas in Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Farmers and ranchers are eagerly waiting President-elect Donald Trump`s decision on an agriculture secretary, even as the new Congress convenes to ratify his election and prepare to move his agenda.
President-elect Donald Trump scheduled meetings with three Texans who are candidates for agriculture secretary, including former Rep. Henry Bonilla and former state official Susan Combs, who has already met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence
There is another name in the mix for the job of Agriculture Secretary in the Trump administration. Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado was scheduled to talk to Trump about the job today, a Trump spokesman said.
President Barack Obama today announced the creation of two new national monuments, ensuring the protection of 1.65 million acres of federal land in Utah and Nevada.
The Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project in the Sierra National Forest in California is the big winner among the 10 new projects earmarked for funding in 2017 under USDAps Joint Chiefsp Landscape Restoration Partnership.
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