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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected today to release new tailpipe emission standards that the ethanol industry and corn growers have been trying to derail.
School meal directors got a break this month when Congress approved a multi-agency appropriations package that maintains current limits on sodium in school meals and gives schools the option to serve low-fat flavored milk.
The top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman of Arkansas, insisted at the summit that he’s still focused on getting a farm bill passed this year.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is joining leaders of the Senate Ag Committee and some top CEOs at today’s annual Agri-Pulse Ag and Food Policy Summit in Washington. This year’s summit is focused on the future of U.S. agriculture, and new revenue possibilities in a wide range of sectors.
USDA’s undersecretary for farm production and conservation, Robert Bonnie, says the department is trying to be both “aggressive” and “smart” in getting Inflation Reduction Act funding out the door.
Lawmakers are going to be leaving a lot of money on the table – nearly $1.8 billion – if they can’t agree on putting Inflation Reduction Act conservation funding into a new farm bill.
South Dakota lawmakers have passed a trio of bills designed to smooth the path of a carbon pipeline that the ethanol industry considers crucial to its future but that some farmers and other landowners don’t want on their land.
President Joe Biden is due today to release his proposed budget for fiscal 2025, even though lawmakers are only halfway finished with finalizing their appropriations bills for FY24.