A look at Missouri drought relief for cattle farmers – Newstalk KZRG

(SEDALIA, MO) – D uring a listening session for the 2023 Farm Bill with Missouri Producers at the Missouri State Fair, Governor Mike Parson reminded Missourians

FDA Deeming Rule Fully Vacated For Premium Cigars | Cigar Aficionado

The premium cigar industry is ready to declare victory in the fight against FDA regulation. | Cigar Aficionado

USDA’s climate grants for farms and forests run into Republican buzzsaw - Kansas Reflector

The Biden administration is spending more than $3 billion to cultivate more American farmers and forest landowners as partners to mitigate climate change — even while some Republicans on Capitol Hill try to stop the program entirely.

EPA Posts Pesticide Incident Data Publicly | US EPA

EPA News Release: EPA Posts Pesticide Incident Data Publicly

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The Biden administration set a goal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Reaching that goal will require effort from all industry sectors. Transportation, electricity

Iowa farm groups, elected officials slam lower EPA ethanol, biodiesel blending mandate

Iowa's Republican congressional delegation criticized President Joe Biden for pushing climate-change action while ignoring renewable fuels' benefits.

Biden administration ups ag antitrust efforts - Produce Blue Book

The Biden administration has launched a partnership between USDA and state attorneys general in 31 states and the District of Columbia “to enhance competition and protect consumers in food and agricultural markets, including in grocery, meat and poultry processing, and other markets.”

Tax credits ‘jump start’ Midwest carbon capture projects

Carbon tax credits are a “challenge to industry that says ‘if you can do this thing that makes sense for the climate, the U.S. government will pay you potentially tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars in funding for solutions’,” said Noah Deich, deputy assistant secretary for carbon management at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Finstad optimistic about new $1.5 trillion farm bill as lobbying intensifies | MinnPost

Despite the lobbying for changes in the new farm bill, Finstad is a realist. He knows that there’s a limit to how much money for the legislation can be authorized and said making changes to the existing farm bill will be a “balancing act.”

Uganda in partnership with FAO, China launches high-yielding climate smart rice to up farmers’ production