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NGFA reiterates strong support for USMCA renewal, highlights trade deal’s importance
NGFA applauds Treasury’s proposed rule on Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit
NGFA applauds extension of U.S. Grain Standards Act, urges full reauthorization
USTR and USDA urged to engage with new Mexican administration on trade, GM corn
A letter sent Oct. 1 from 21 bipartisan members of Congress to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged the administration “to engage with the incoming administration in Mexico to address ongoing trade disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including Mexico’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn.” Reps. Randy Feenstra […]
NGFA publishes ‘Farm Economy Update and Trade Outlook’
NGFA recently published an update on the agricultural economic landscape, farm income trends and their influence on policy, and a trade analysis and outlook. The document was completed with the help of The Russell Group (TRG), a leading bipartisan government relations firm focused exclusively on food and agriculture public policy that NGFA hired earlier this […]
Farm bill coalition appeals to congressional leaders
NGFA joined more than 500 agriculture and farm groups to urge House and Senate leaders to enact a 2024 farm bill. “If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress…we have concerns that it may not be logistically or politically […]
NASS country crop reports included in fiscal year 2025 appropriations
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees approved their fiscal year 2025 Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bills this week with funding for the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to resume county crop reports. In a 27-0 vote, the Senate Committee unanimously approved its bill, which provides $27 billion in total […]
House appropriations bill includes reinstatement of NASS reports
ARLINGTON, Va., June 12, 2024 — A House appropriations subcommittee approved its Fiscal Year 2025 bill that includes language directing the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to reinstate all County Estimates for Crops, the July Cattle report and the Cotton Objective Yield Survey. Citing budget constraints, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) NASS announced on […]
Senate Republicans release farm bill with key NGFA priorities
Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman, R-Ark., on June 11 released a farm bill framework with several NGFA priorities, including increased funding for agricultural export promotion programs and an emphasis on working lands conservation programs. He has not released the bill text, but the 13-page summary includes the following provisions: Sen. Boozman’s draft also […]