Policy
The new Congress and Administration will have an agenda that differs significantly from the past four years – and just as likely, a different approach to the role of government.
The incoming agriculture secretary outlines issues he says need to be addressed or that would constitute “historic work.”
AS USDA reviews the previous administration’s plans for the remaining CFAP money, President Biden’s pick to lead USDA will help spearhead those efforts, and find ways to incentives farmers for climate initiatives.
USDA put a freeze on Coronavirus Food Aid Program (CFAP) payments as the new administration reviews all rules put in place by a lame duck Trump Administration. Could that review bring changes to the CFAP payments?
Farm workers from South Africa will be allowed to travel to the United States under an exemption to the Jan. 25 travel ban imposed to control the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus.
The U.S. oil industry is seeking to forge an alliance with the nation’s corn growers and biofuel producers to lobby against the Biden administration’s push for electric vehicles.
Senator Debbie Stabenow lays out her priorities as she returns to the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) says she supports the Biden Administration’s move to freeze payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).
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.
Agricultural leadership programs are churning out a crop of the best and brightest, while yielding benefits to farm, community, and the agriculture industry as a whole.
Willie Benedetti says he is within his rights to retire and build a house for his son. Marin County officials say otherwise.
A phantom frog has spurred the Supreme Court to address Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and determine if the government can aim at private land anywhere in the United States and pull the Endangered Species Act (ESA) trigger, regardless of owner protest and absence of the targeted species.
Does a river have rights? Indeed, according to a new lawsuit. As outlandish as the case seems to many observers, it may be laying the groundwork for something bigger.
When farmers face the creep of federal agency regulation, the game is consistently tilted in the bureaucracy’s favor, and although agricultural producers know the deck is stacked, most are unaware of the joker concealed in the government’s sleeve: Chevron deference.
Edward Poitevent is at the mercy of an invisible frog. He has lost private property rights on 1,500 acres to a frog species that will never live on his land and doesn’t live in his state. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is shackled to a litany of odd cases, but Poitevent’s battle with a $34-million frog may rank as the most bizarre of the lot.
John Duarte’s five-year legal nightmare ended Aug. 15, with over $1 million in total penalties. Duarte couldn’t evade the iron hand of the Clean Water Act.
Green Sense Farms of Portage, Ind., is removing weather from the farming equation and scrambling to meet demand.
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.