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Livestock: Cash Cattle Bill Revised, Updated – DTN Mar 30, 2022
The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act is now on its third revision as the senators who authored the bill released a new version on Monday. Senators Jon Tester, D-Mont.; […]
Livestock: U.S., Japan Reach Beef Agreement – DTN Mar 26, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack late Wednesday announced that the United States and Japan have reached an agreement to increase the beef safeguard trigger level […]
Senate Ag Democrats Focus on Rural Care, Republicans on Inflation – DTN Mar 24, 2022
At a hearing Tuesday, Democratic members of the Senate Agriculture Committee focused on how Agriculture Department rural development programs can improve health care, elder care, childcare, and behavioral care, while […]
USDA Preparing to Roll Out Disaster Aid – DTN Feb 11, 2022
USDA is “moving quickly” to deliver on $10 billion in disaster aid for droughts, hurricanes, winter storms and other natural disasters that hit producers in 2020 or 2021, USDA’s undersecretary […]
Coalition Urges Biden Not to Cut Crop Insurance – DTN Feb 2, 2022
The Crop Insurance Coalition, which is composed of 55 groups representing farmers, lenders, agricultural input providers, and conservation groups, sent letters to congressional budget and appropriations leaders and the Biden […]
Livestock: House Clears Cattle Contract Library – DTN Dec 9, 2021
As Congress tries to clear off some legislation before wrapping up the year, the House on Wednesday passed four bills the House Agriculture Committee had urged the full House to […]
Farm Family Business: Legal Advice Keeps Land in Families – DTN Nov 9, 2021
Addressing some of the nation’s top agricultural attorneys, USDA General Counsel Janie Hipp challenged ag lawyers to help farmers and ranchers stay on the land and in business with the […]
Ag Groups Highlight Supply Chain Concerns – DTN Oct 25, 2021
More than 50 agriculture groups wrote to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to highlight disruptive factors facing the U.S. agricultural and food supply chain, ranging from labor and infrastructure needs to […]
Rural Projects in Infrastructure Bill – DTN Aug 4, 2021
USDA’s rural watershed and flood prevention program is just one area that will see an injection of funds under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) as the Senate […]
Disaster Aid Added to USDA Funding Bill – DTN Aug 4, 2021
The Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Monday approved a $25.85 billion fiscal year 2022 bill for the Agriculture Department and related agencies, including $7 billion in disaster aid. The subcommittee […]
