Politics
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a raft of executive actions to combat climate change, including pausing new oil and gas leases on federal land and cutting fossil fuel subsidies.
Biofuels groups have high hopes a Biden Administration will get the RFS back on track. But an announcement just days on the job seems to showcase a Biden Administration’s push for electric vehicles instead.
Just days on the job, a Biden-Administration is giving a glimpse into the new administration’s priorities. How could a focus on climate and COVID recovery impact farmers and ranchers? We explore on U.S. Farm Report.
The Trump and Obama administrations had very different relationships with agriculture and rural America. Will the Biden Administration learn any lessons from those two predecessors?
The D.C. Circuit Court handed the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) a win in its last battle with the Trump Administration over waivers to the Renewable Fuels Standard.
President Joe Biden’s trade team is coming together, and it looks to be stacked with individuals who were key in crafting the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman calls on returning USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to be assertive on climate change policy.
As President Joe Biden took office Wednesday, one former Secretary of Agriculture thinks a Biden Administration and USDA will focus more on helping craft a farm bill that focuses on conservation.
Following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, agriculture industry leaders congratulated Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
In the Trump Administration’s final hours, the EPA granted two small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and appears to have reversed a previous denial.
As President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in Wednesday, renewable fuels groups are focused on what a new administration will mean for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
From the unpredictability with trade to easing of regulations, the past four years have been a whirlwind with farmers, ranchers and policy experts looking back at the Trump Administration’s impact on agriculture.
USDA announced the release of $2.3 billion in leftover funds from the first and second rounds of the Coronavirus Food Aid Program (CFAP) on Friday, most of it to benefit contract hog and poultry producers.
With only days left in office, the renewable fuels industry expects the current EPA to announce a portion of small refinery exemptions for 2019. However, Growth Energy says it’s doing everything it can to stop it.
NCGA CEO Jon Doggett says the outreach of the Biden transition team to agriculture groups is like nothing he’s seen in his more than 30 years in Washington.
The coronavirus aid package approved by Congress overnight Monday provides $13 billion in ag funding, much of it destined for sectors left out of previous aid packages.
On the eve of his nomination as EPA Administrator, Michael Regan placed an unscheduled call to the CEO of the National Corn Growers Association.
Following a turbulent 2020, which included a global pandemic, hard-fought presidential race and numerous congressional changeovers, the path of U.S. ag policy is likely headed for an adjustment.