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Category: Legislative Updates
USDA is due out today with its latest forecast for farm income, and the numbers are expected to be bad. Look for more new calls for Congress to pass a new farm bill to shore up incomes of row crop producers.
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Lawmakers return to D.C. next week for a possible battle over keeping the government funded when the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1. And they also may take up another extension for the 2018 farm bill.
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There are many resources used by transportation advocates to make their case for more investment. Over the years I have supported TRIP, the Road Information Program, on making the public aware of the needs of state road and bridge conditions. Here is a recent TRIP report on Michigan roads.
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Last month the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced the 2024 Urban and Community Conservation (UAC) grant initiative recipients. These grants are open to any conservation district or tribe within the U.S. and its territories.
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Senate Republican Whip John Thune said Wednesday that another one-year farm bill extension will likely be needed amid the ongoing partisan gridlock over current proposals.
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Zippy Duval, President of the American Farm Bureau continues to push for farm bill action. Below is a recent statement he made urging Congress to act this year.
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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was at the Democratic National Convention this week in his personal capacity, and we got his views on a possible Kamala Harris presidency.
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America was founded on the principles of protection of life, liberty and private property. To ensure these protections the Constitution requires the federal government dispose of acquired lands. For over a century the lands acquired through purchase and war were disposed of to newly formed states and directly to individual homesteaders.
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AGC joined a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that creates roadblocks for trade associations and businesses challenging illegal federal agency actions.
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