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Jerry Hagstrom

Jerry Hagstrom

Columnist at National Journal

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USDA Establishes Dairy Donation Program as Pandemic Aid

Under the Dairy Donation Program, eligible dairy organizations will partner with nonprofit feeding organizations that distribute food to individuals and families in need with USDA providing $400 million in funds to pay for the dairy products. The goal of the program is to provide dairy product donat…
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House Members Return to Consider Budget Resolution

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called members back after the Senate passed the physical infrastructure bill and the budget resolution. Although some moderates and some progressives have raised questions about whether they will vote for the budget resolution, Pelosi is expected to convince her…
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Hoeven, Tester Introduce Disaster Aid Bill

The disaster bill introduced by a pair of senators would address some coverage issues with USDA forage and livestock programs.
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GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California’s Proposition 12

The National Pork Producers Council has been pushing back against the implementation of California’s Prop 12. As of now, Prop 12 would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. NPPC cites that the animal housing standards set in Prop 12 will lead to a shortage of pork products being sold in California. GOP se…
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GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California’s Prop 12

The National Pork Producers Council has been pushing back against implementation of Prop 12. As of now, Prop 12 would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. NPPC cites that the animal housing standards set in Prop 12 will lead to a shortage of pork products being sold in California. GOP senators on Thursda…
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WHIP-Plus Aid Included in Senate Ag Funding

A Senate appropriations bill that passed out of a subcommittee on Monday includes provisions that would provide $7 billion in disaster aid for 2020 and 2021 weather challenges.
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Boozman Challenges USDA on CRP Rates

Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack challenging the rental rate increases that USDA is offering on Conservation Reserve Program contracts. Boozman said the contracts are legally questionable.
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Senate Reconciliation Bill Could Address Farmworker Immigration Status

A push in the Senate to include legalization status for essential workers would include farm workers as well. That provision could be added to a budget reconciliation bill proposed by Senate Democrats. A parliamentarian would have to rule on whether the language can be voted on under reconciliation …
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USDA to Review ‘Product of the USA’ Label

After a decision by the Federal Trade Commission to pass a new rule defining
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Lawmakers Seek to Ban Chinese Government From US Land Ownership, Fa...

An amendment added to the annual appropriations bill for USDA would ban the Chinese government from owning more land in the U.S. and exclude Chinese companies from receiving farm program payments.
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Vilsack, Senators Commit to Passing Farm-Labor Immigration Bill

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met Wednesday with senators and farm groups seeking a path forward on a farm-labor and immigration bill that could clear the Senate.
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Meat industry questions dominate Vilsack Senate Ag Approps hearing

Questions about the meat industry dominated a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing June 15, 2021, at which Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared in person to discuss the Biden administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2022.
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USDA Sets Deadlines for CRP General, Grasslands Sign-ups

Trying to curb a decline in acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA is boosting rental rates and various land-improvement incentives. The deadline approaches to apply for the CRP general sign-up.
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Scott Raises Concerns Over Stepped-up Basis, Winning Praise From Co...

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee has added his voice to those raising concerns about limiting stepped-up basis for farm assets. Several farm groups have complained about the proposal, which President Joe Biden has pitched to help pay for his infrastructure plan.
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Large Coalition Champions $200 Billion More for Ag Programs

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has led a letter to congressional leaders seeking a major funding boost for an array of USDA programs over the next decade. USDA also has launched an initiative to quantify the climate benefits of CRP contracts.
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Bipartisan Transportation Bill Released as Infrastructure Debate Co...

Key leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Saturday released a bipartisan bill to reauthorize surface transportation programs.
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Ag Groups React to 30x30 Release

After some of the complaints and questions over 30x30 before its release, the initiative drew comments of encouragement from some major agricultural groups.
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American Farm Bureau: Biden Tax Plan Would Increase Taxes on Farms,...

President Joe Biden’s plans to raise capital gains and estate taxes would raise taxes on farmers and ranchers, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation tax specialist.
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Secretary Vilsack: USDA Will Distribute Produce and Dairy Products ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers on Wednesday that USDA is dropping the Farmers to Families Food Program but will find other avenues to keep providing dairy and produce products to food banks. Vilsack testified before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on an array of t…
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Biden’s FY 2022 USDA Budget Funds Broadband, Research, Wildfires, WIC

President Joe Biden on Friday released a fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request that includes a $27.8 billion request for USDA, a $3.8 billion or 16% increase from the 2021 enacted level.
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Cattle Groups Differ Over Grassley-Tester Spot Market Bill

Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Wednesday introduced a bill to require each U.S. meat processing facility that slaughters more than 125,000 head of cattle yearly to purchase 50% of their weekly volume of beef slaughter on the open or “spot” market.