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Tag: Mitch McConnell
Infrastructure Bill Passes House – “Country’s Needs Outweigh Partisanship” – DTN Nov 12, 2021
One of 13 Republicans who voted a week ago to support the final passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, a member of the House […]
Senate Ag Committee Wants to Get to Work – DTN Feb 3, 2021
Incoming Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow said Thursday that the confirmation hearing for Tom Vilsack, President Biden’s nominee for Agriculture secretary, scheduled for Tuesday, may depend on Senate leaders […]
Biden And Ag Policy: 5 Issues That Lay Ahead – DTN Nov 10, 2020
As ballot totals continued to add up over the past few days, the path to the presidency became more clear for former Vice President Joe Biden as he moved into […]
Politics of CCC Fund Flare Up – DTN Sep 24, 2020
Short-term funding for USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. has become a major political fight as House Democratic leaders put forward a short-term bill to fund the federal government that doesn’t replenish […]
New COVID Aid Bill Stalled in Talks – DTN Jul 28, 2020
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., both told The Hagstrom Report the Senate Republican coronavirus aid package now in development contains $20 billion in […]
Infrastructure Bill Approved by House, but Don’t Hold Your Breath – DTN Jul 9, 2020
A $1.5 trillion infrastructure proposal by the House of Representatives was approved on July 1, 2020. The partisan H.R.2 Moving America Forward Act will address the growing backlog of maintenance […]
Ag Trade: Finance Committee Advances USMCA to Full Senate – DTN Jan 9, 2020
Taking another step to completing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Senate Finance Committee voted 25-3 on Tuesday to advance the trade deal to the full Senate. USMCA has been a priority […]
Hemp Webinar Talks CBD Legality, THC Testing Sep 20, 2019
Unanswered questions for industrial hemp production in the United States has the industry watching the United States Department of Agriculture closely as they await regulations, according to the National Agricultural […]
Mexico Tariff – Largest Market for U.S. Rice is Threatened by Trump Move Jun 6, 2019
Last week, President Trump announced that he was going to enact a 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico unless that country stops Central American migrants from crossing its southern […]
Farm Bill May Spur Industrial Hemp Gold Rush – DTN Dec 18, 2018
Talking to Iowa soybean farmers last week about the 2018 farm bill, Deputy Secretary Steve Censky briefly mentioned their new potential cash crop. “You guys are all hemp farmers now,” […]
