Infrastructure

On Wednesday, the Biden Administration announced $450 million in grant funding for port-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program. The grants can help ports expand capacity and improve the movement of goods through U ...

The centerpiece of President Biden's agenda is set to take center-stage in the Senate. This comes with less than two weeks remaining before Democrats' self-imposed Christmas deadline to pass the almost $2 trillion social spending and climate bill known as Build Back Better ...

Despite new funding for forestry, conservation and Ag research, the American Farm Bureau Federation says President Biden’s “Build Back Better” Act is bad for rural America. Much of the concern is over tax hikes and inflation. AFBF President ...

A White House fact sheet released this week said the bipartisan infrastructure deal will improve the supply chain. The report said the infrastructure legislation will make fundamental changes that are long overdue for ports, airports, rail and roads to ensure supply chains are more resilient and efficient from future shocks ...

The "traditional" infrastructure, is bound for President Biden's desk, but he said he won't sign it until Congress is back in session. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA's normal budget has many programs to support climate smart agriculture ...

Weekend passage in the House of Representatives of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act led to a slew of farm groups praising the action. The House passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, which includes $550 billion in new spending ...

As Congress considers the President's Infrastructure Bill and the budget Reconciliation Bills, some lawmakers have talked about possibly cutting back on what the administration has proposed for spending for those bills. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said some of those proposed cuts worry him, because of the impact they could have on the USDA ...

Legislation to help Sugarbeet growers in all 11 beet producing states was one of the main topics during the American Sugarbeet Growers Association’s recent virtual fly-in. Luther Markwart, executive director of ASGA, said he and the organization worked to educate lawmakers about sugar policy and the issues impacting growers. Bet ...

As Congressional democrats continue to work on passing the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package on to President Biden’s desk, some in farm country are concerned about some of the details in the proposal. Paul Merski, Executive Vice President of Congressional Relations and Strategy for the Independent Community Bankers of America, is seriously concerned about a proposal that potentially involves t

As Republicans and Democrats argue over the price tag and what is and what is not infrastructure, the American Farm Bureau Federation says ‘no’ to the tax and spending bill--the political linchpin for a bipartisan infrastructure bill the organization supports. Trillions ...