house ag committee

GOP Questions USDA Climate Smart Commodities Effort
GOP Questions USDA Climate Smart Commodities Effort
GOP Questions USDA Climate Smart Commodities Effort
While it was just announced Monday, USDA’s $1 billion “Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities” is already generating lots of heat on Capitol Hill. Republican lawmakers told Undersecretary Robert Bonnie this week the USDA may be exceeding its authority in spending $1 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation money for climate-smart pilot projects. “The NRCS ...
Vilsack: Our Food System Needs To Be Flexible
Vilsack: Our Food System Needs To Be Flexible
Vilsack: Our Food System Needs To Be Flexible
In any kind of system, when things change, it's ideal for it to be flexible, to bend and not break and make a fast correction when needed. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the farming industry found out during the pandemic that the U ...
Schrier Addresses Sustainability, Trade With Vilsack
Schrier Addresses Sustainability, Trade With Vilsack
Schrier Addresses Sustainability, Trade With Vilsack
During last week’s House Ag Committee hearing, USDA head Tom Vilsack addressed current state of the farming economy as well as specific concerns and issues from members. One of those members, Washington’s Dr. Kim Schrier, spent much of her time pressing the Ag Secretary about what’s taking place in the tree fruit industry. She noted the r ...
AFBF Throws Support Behind The Cattle Price Discovery And Transparency Act
AFBF Throws Support Behind The Cattle Price Discovery And Transparency Act
AFBF Throws Support Behind The Cattle Price Discovery And Transparency Act
The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act introduced last week looks to provide what supporters of the legislation call fairness in cattle markets. Farm Bureau Congressional Relations Director Scott Bennett said the legislation, a compromise of bills by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska, has potential ...
Supply Chain Holes Will Take Time to Fill
Supply Chain Holes Will Take Time to Fill
Supply Chain Holes Will Take Time to Fill
Supply chain issues are challenging the agricultural sector, and farmers and ranchers hoping for quick solutions may be out of luck. A recent House Ag Committee hearing focused on transportation problems that are slowing the export of goods and commodities across the U ...
Supply Chain Crisis Could Permanently Harm U.S. Agriculture
Supply Chain Crisis Could Permanently Harm U.S. Agriculture
Supply Chain Crisis Could Permanently Harm U.S. Agriculture
The current supply chain crisis could cause more than delays an inconveniences for the farming community. Leprino Foods President and CEO Mike Durkin told the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday, “This export crisis may well result in irreparable harm to American agriculture as customers around the world are questioning the U.S. da ...
As Dems Debate Build Back Better, Ag Waits
As Dems Debate Build Back Better, Ag Waits
As Dems Debate Build Back Better, Ag Waits
Last week, President Biden failed to convince enough progressive members of his party to agree to his Build Back Better legislation, forcing House Speaker Pelosi to punt the effort last week, again leaving the farming community in limbo. Roughly $28 billion in conservation, rural development, and forestry aid, as well as $65 billion for rural broadband in a separate infrastructure bill, are once
House Ag Committee Hearing on Supply Chain Disruptions
House Ag Committee Hearing on Supply Chain Disruptions
House Ag Committee Hearing on Supply Chain Disruptions
The House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on supply chain issues on Wednesday, November 3rd. The hearing, titled “The Immediate Challenges to our Nation’s Food Supply Chain,” will address the wide-ranging supply disruptions in the U.S. food and agric ...
Experts Testify Gene Editing Is Key To Feed A Growing Population
Experts Testify Gene Editing Is Key To Feed A Growing Population
Experts Testify Gene Editing Is Key To Feed A Growing Population
Whether plant or animal, biotech experts told House Ag lawmakers this week, gene editing is the key to producing enough food to feed the estimated ten billion people on the planet by the middle of this century. Fan-Li Chou with the American Seed Trade Association said gene editing is already producing the crops needed to feed a soaring world population and deal with a warming planet ...

Load More Articles