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Grassley: Large Senate Proposal Will Benefit Ag In Many Ways
Grassley: Large Senate Proposal Will Benefit Ag In Many Ways
Grassley: Large Senate Proposal Will Benefit Ag In Many Ways
The Senate’s $1.7 trillion spending bill to finish this fiscal year boosts agricultural research, rural development, and nutrition, but doesn’t include long-fought cattle market reforms.  The more than 4,000-page bill leaves out controversial legislation sought by Senator Chuck Grassley to force some cattle price negotiating by major packers, known as the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Ac
Grassley Presses Administration on New Rural Mental Health Law
Grassley Presses Administration on New Rural Mental Health Law
Grassley Presses Administration on New Rural Mental Health Law
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley wants to know the latest when it comes to the Seeding Rural Resilience Act.  Grassley sent a letter to the Department of Agriculture as well as Health and Human Services.  The legislation, approved in 2020, is designed to curb the rising rate of suicide in rural communities, via the National Defense Authorization Act.  Grassley’s law re...
Proposal Looks To Ban Foreign Individuals from U.S. Farm Credit
Proposal Looks To Ban Foreign Individuals from U.S. Farm Credit
Proposal Looks To Ban Foreign Individuals from U.S. Farm Credit
Senators Chuck Grassley and Sherrod Brown introduced legislation this week to prevent foreign individuals from obtaining credit and financial services through the Farm Credit System.  The Iowa Republican and Ohio Democrat content that currently, certain foreign individuals and entities are eligible to receive credit through this government-sponsored enterprise.   ...
Grassley Introduces Bipartisan Biochar Research Network Act
Grassley Introduces Bipartisan Biochar Research Network Act
Grassley Introduces Bipartisan Biochar Research Network Act
Earlier this week, Senator Chuck Grassley introduced the Biochar Research Network Act.  The Iowa Republican’s legislation seeks to study the effectiveness of biochar, which is a carbon-rich material produced from biomass.  Specifically, the bill would establish a national biochar research network to test the impact of biochar across various soil types, application methods and climates to learn mor
NCBA: Scott’s Proposal Better For Producers Than Grassley’s
NCBA: Scott’s Proposal Better For Producers Than Grassley’s
NCBA: Scott’s Proposal Better For Producers Than Grassley’s
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said it’s not ready to back a cattle competition bill by House Ag Chair David Scott but adds the legislation is a much better starting point than the alternative.  While the NCBA opposes Senator Chuck Grassley’s Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, Tanner Beymer said they aren’t ready either to back Scott’s Small Family Farmer and Rancher Relief Ac
Senators Introduce the Farmland Security Act
Senators Introduce the Farmland Security Act
Senators Introduce the Farmland Security Act
Last week, Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin and Chuck Grassley of Iowa introduced the Farmland Security Act.  The two say they effort is designed to increase scrutiny over foreign investments into America’s agricultural land.  The legislation would make sure that Congress can address the impacts of foreign investments on family farms, rural communities, and the domestic food supply. “This bipartisa
Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Push for Avian Influenza Outbreak Funding
Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Push for Avian Influenza Outbreak Funding
Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Push for Avian Influenza Outbreak Funding
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar led an effort this week for more funding to help address the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak. The Senators told the Senate Appropriations Committee leaders, “Although the virus poses minimal risk to human health, it has serious implications for U.S. po ...
Wyden, Colleagues Unveil Updated Cattle Market Reform Bill
Wyden, Colleagues Unveil Updated Cattle Market Reform Bill
Wyden, Colleagues Unveil Updated Cattle Market Reform Bill
Earlier this week, several senators introduced an updated version of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Jon Tester of Montana, Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Iowa’s Chuck Grassley unveiled the update to the legislation first introduced in November. The ...

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