In June, the Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) published an interim rule effective July 8 to increase the hourly and unit fees for official inspection services that are performed under the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA). NGFA and the North America Export Grain Association (NAEGA) submitted comments this week urging the FGIS to make adjustments […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) on June 6 published an interim rule to increase the hourly and unit fees for official inspection services that are performed under the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA). The new fees will be in effect on July 8, 2024. Under the rule, the hourly contract rate will increase from $41.20 […]
NGFA signed a May 17 letter from the Coalition of Workplace Safety, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, urging House lawmakers to support a resolution to rescind the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) worker walkaround rule. OSHA published a final rule on April 1 that authorizes OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHO) […]
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and House Agriculture Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee Chairman Tracey Mann, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Jim Costa, D-Calif., led a May 3 letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking him to reinstate county crop reports recently discontinued by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). NGFA worked with other agricultural groups to […]
ARLINGTON, Va., April 17, 2024 — In a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) said the county estimates for crops and livestock recently discontinued by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are critical to the business operations of the grain, feed and processing industry. The U.S. Department […]
NGFA joined 33 other agriculture groups to urge Senate leaders to take up the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, which includes provisions for business expenses and bonus depreciation. “Producers and businesses throughout the food and agriculture industry are facing tax increases today and cannot wait a year or more for relief,” the […]
ARLINGTON, Va., March 6, 2024 — The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to finalize a new climate reporting rule without a previously proposed requirement for U.S.-listed companies to disclose Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) issued the following statement: “Calculating Scope 3 emissions is widely recognized as being […]
By Kristi Boswell, Counsel, Alston & BirdThis guest column follows Boswell’s presentation at NGFA’s Country Elevator Conference and Trade Show (CEC) in Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 4, 2023. This article is intended to be informational and does not constitute legal advice regarding any specific situation. Private and cooperative facilities are struggling to find enough local […]
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