WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable … Continue reading →
By: Brian Deese, Sameera Fazili, and Bharat Ramamurti The Biden Administration has been working at every level to address supply chain issues that are affecting prices. Many such issues are related to the pandemic—like changes in demand patterns, bottlenecks, or … Continue reading →
AFBF appreciates the administration’s recognition that renewable fuels produced by America’s farmers have an important role in America’s future, AFBF president Zippy Duvall said in a statement regarding EPA’s announcement of 2022 Renewable Volume Obligations of 20.77 billion gallons of … Continue reading →
FORT WORTH, Texas — In 2015, the Obama administration enacted its Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) Rule. The absurdly overreaching scheme would have gone as far as regulating drainage ditches and streams that only flow after heavy rainfall. Fortunately, it … Continue reading →
Gary Baise | Jul 27, 2021 – July was a good month for farmers, and a terrible month for USDA and Secretary Tom Vilsack. On July 1, Sid Miller, citizen-rancher and Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, gave the Secretary of Agriculture and … Continue reading →
By Katrina Huffstutler – When Darrell Franke, an 81-year-old rancher, died in January, he left about 100 head of cattle and the land they ran on to Jorge and San Juanita Padilla. The couple had worked for Franke for many … Continue reading →
The Federal Trade Commission today unanimously voted to ramp up law enforcement against repair restrictions that prevent small businesses, workers, consumers, and even government entities from fixing their own products. The policy statement adopted today is aimed at manufacturers’ practices that make … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $55.2 million in competitive grant funding available through the new Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) program. The new program is funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act … Continue reading →
A new digital map from the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration provides more detail about broadband needs across the country than any other publicly available resource. Tapping into data aggregated at the county, census tract, and census block level from … Continue reading →
Washington, D. C., June 30, 2022 – Courtesy NSAC, The House Appropriations Committee advanced their agriculture appropriations funding bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 today, which was marked up and approved by the Agriculture Subcommittee last week. The agriculture appropriations … Continue reading →