Biden Administration

Last week, Clean Fuels Alliance America touted the benefits of biodiesel when it comes to the price at the pump to President Joe Biden and leaders in Congress. In a letter to the president and lawmakers, the organization says U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel producers are working to extend fuel supplies and provide relief at the pump to American families...

Oregon’s U.S. Senators are praising plans by the Biden Administration to increase federal wildland firefighter pay to a minimum of 15 dollars an hour.  The President is also establishing a wildland firefighter health and wellbeing program. Senato...

The National Pork Producers Council welcomed a Supreme Court brief filed by the Biden administration in favor of ag groups regarding California’s Proposition 12.  The state law seeks to ban the sale of pork from pigs that do not meet the state’s arbitrary production standards, including pork from pigs raised on farms outside of California. NPPC assistant vi...

Last week, President Biden signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, applauded by the American Farm Bureau Federation.  AFBF President Zippy Duvall attended the signing ceremony at the White House and said the Biden administration worked with Farm Bureau on this key legislation. ...

Last week, Republican leaders from the Agriculture and Budget Committees introduced the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Production Act.  Dan Newhouse, chair of the Western Caucus, said the legislation would protect and promote American agriculture by reversing the Biden Administration’s regulatory barriers to domestic production, while providing immediate relief to farmers and families a

House Ag Committee Ranking Member Pennsylvania's Glenn Thompson, introduced a bill this week that Fox News said would “strike back” at several of the administration’s agricultural policies. The legislation would also strike down a recently-proposed rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission that many in the ag community warn could harm small farms. Thompson is int ...

Earlier this week, the House of Representatives sent the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to President Biden for signature. Agriculture groups responded positively, heralding the legislation that improves the oversight of ocean shipping. Supporters of the legislation say the bill will address many maritime disruptions obstructing the import and export of U ...

The price for oil continues to set records, with West Texas Crude trading over $121 per barrel in early Tuesday action, that’s nearly double the price we saw back in August. With energy prices driving inflation to levels the U.S. econ ...

We're six months into the bipartisan infrastructure law and it's efforts to improve our nation's various forms of infrastructure, both rural and urban. "We have funded over 4300 projects already, touching over 3200 communities across all 50 States ...

In late May, 40 agriculture and food groups called on the Administration to eliminate or reduce tariffs being imposed on other countries. The Ag groups say those countries are in turn levying tariffs against American products, which are hurting the U ...