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The U.S. agriculture industry is bracing for production delays and other consequences if workers at ports on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast strike.
18 days ago
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Interest in some sort of emergency assistance package along with a farm bill extension to support farmers is growing among top farm bill negotiators.
25 days ago
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More than a dozen influential agriculture groups are holding last-minute farm bill fly-ins this week.
about 1 month ago
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Voters have felt the pangs of rising food prices, which have increased more than 20 percent over the last four years, making the issue a key political talking point in the matchup between Harris and former President Donald Trump.
about 2 months ago
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Joe Biden is out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris. We have the details of the vice president’s ag history and the impact of the Democratic turmoil on federal ag agencies.
3 months ago
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Former President Donald Trump’s running mate selection will solidify rural support for the Republican party, top Republicans on the House and Senate Agriculture Committees said Tuesday at the CNN-POLITICO Grill. House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.) and Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member John Boozman (R-Ark.) highlighted Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-Ohio) Appalachian upbringing — the subject of Vance’s best-selling 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy” — in arguing he will be able to connect w…
3 months ago
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Industry stakeholders are making last pushes for their farm bill priorities ahead of a volatile campaign season.
3 months ago
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Federal officials’ reliance on individual dairy farmers to track the spread of bird flu is leaving the industry vulnerable.
4 months ago
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Most GOP members — centrists and hardliners — aren’t expecting the base text to include the controversial abortion pill rider that doomed last year’s approps debate, lawmakers told Meredith last week.
4 months ago
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Top farm bill negotiators are making last-minute pushes to unite for or against the House farm bill ahead of a markup scheduled for Thursday.
5 months ago
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House Ag Chair Thompson is ramping up to release the House farm bill draft ahead of the planned May 23 markup.
5 months ago
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Mexico’s slow delivery of water to the United States under the terms of a 1944 treaty is prompting lawmakers to explore new enforcement options.
6 months ago
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Though labor disruptions have been on a downswing, 2023 marked the first year to surpass pre-pandemic strike activity.
8 months ago