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Agriculture Policy

12.04.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

Congress passes U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020

By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media The House unanimously approved the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 (S. 4054) on Dec. 2, following last month’s Senate approval. President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law, ensuring several existing and new provisions advocated by NGFA are included in the law for the next five years. In a media statement issued immediately after the vote, NGFA said it particularly appreciated the leadership of House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Ranking Member Mike Conaway, R-Texas, ... Read More

11.13.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

NGFA prepares for Biden administration

NGFA prepares for Biden administration (member log-in required) ... Read More

10.30.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

USDA updates EQIP rules

By Max Fisher, Vice President of Economics and Government Relations The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Oct. 23 released updated rules for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to reflect changes made to the program by the 2018 farm law.   Through EQIP, producers are incentivized to adopt conservation practices, such as cover crops, nutrient management, forest stand improvement, prescribed grazing, irrigation efficiency improvement, and water quality improvement practices. There are more than 150 conservation practices for producers and USDA accepts EQIP ... Read More

10.30.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter, Safety, Health & Environment

EPA registers dicamba for five years

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 27 announced its decision to approve three dicamba herbicides for use over-the-top of dicamba-tolerant Xtend crops for five years. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the agency had granted five-year registrations to two canceled dicamba herbicides – XtendiMax and Engenia – as well as a re-registered the dicamba herbicide, Tavium. All three now require a nationwide June 30 cutoff date for use on soybeans and a July 30 cutoff date for use on cotton, regardless of the crop’s growth stage. EPA also said it is limiting states’ ability to add ... Read More

10.16.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

USDA updates rules for Conservation Stewardship Program

By Max Fisher, Vice President of Economics and Government Relations The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released a final rule on Oct. 9 updating the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) as required by the 2018 farm law. First created in 2002, CSP is a conservation program for working agricultural lands, such as cropland and grazing land. The farm law authorizes four main conservation programs: CSP, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Agricultural Conservation Easement ... Read More

09.04.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

What will Congress address in the rest of 2020?

By Bobby Frederick, Vice President of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy With 60 days until the November 2020 presidential election, Congress has about four weeks to consider unfinished legislative business before the home stretch of campaigning that will decide who leads the House, Senate and White House in 2021. Here are some of the legislative questions NGFA members may be asking: Will There Be Another Round of COVID-19 Economic Stimulus? Congress worked at lighting speed to authorize more than $3.5 trillion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April. Since then, ... Read More

06.19.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

Senate Ag Committee schedules meeting to reauthorize U.S. Grain Standards Act

By Bobby Frederick, Vice President of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy The Senate Agriculture Committee has scheduled a meeting for June 24 to consider reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 (USGSRA 2020). This meeting will mark the first time the committee has gathered in-person since the COVID-19 pandemic drastically altered operations on Capitol Hill. As a result, the committee’s business meeting will be conducted in a large room within the Dirksen Senate Office Building to allow for more adequate social distancing than what would be possible in ... Read More

05.08.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

USDA launches two new CRP pilot programs

By Max Fisher, Vice President of Economics and Government Relations The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) has rolled out two new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pilot programs – the Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) and CLEAR 30. Both pilot programs were authorized by the 2018 farm law and are offering enrollments in 2020.  SHIPP is restricted to landowners in the Prairie Pothole region (Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota) and the rationale for the program is to create an alternative within CRP that is shorter in ... Read More

03.27.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

USDA accepts more than 3.4 million acres for general signup Conservation Reserve Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced March 26 the acceptance of more than 3.4 million acres in the recently completed general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) signup, the first general signup enrollments since 2016. The 2018 farm law established a nationwide acreage limit for CRP, with the total number of acres that may be enrolled capped at 24.5 million acres in 2020 and growing to 27 million by 2023. USDA currently has 22 million acres enrolled within the 24.5 million acreage cap, with contracts totaling 4.5 million acres set to expire on Oct. 1, 2020.  While the ... Read More

03.27.20 Agriculture Policy, Newsletter

Congress, Trump administration poised to deliver $2 trillion phase three COVID-19 response package

By Bobby Frederick, Director of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy Congress and President Trump are on the verge of delivering a historic $2 trillion measure designed to help stabilize the economy in response to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. The measure would provide direct payments to many Americans, hundreds of billions of dollars in loans for companies and small businesses, and $100 billion for hospitals. H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, unanimously passed the Senate late Wednesday evening (March 25) by a vote of ... Read More

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Lacy Holleman
Manager of Legal Affairs and Arbitration

lholleman@ngfa.org

Lacy provides staff support for one of NGFA’s premier member services – its more than century old system of industry trade rules and arbitration that facilitates the efficient marketing of grains, oilseeds and their derived products. She also works on contracting, legal and other related matters.

An Arkansas native, Lacy received her undergraduate degree with a double major in history and Russian studies from the University of Tulsa (Okla.) and her law degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Prior to joining NGFA’s staff in November 2020, she managed a local business at the Pentagon and completed mediation training required by the North Carolina Supreme Court for those seeking to serve as mediators for settlement conferences and other settlement procedures in North Carolina Superior Court civil actions. She also has worked as an assistant for a law firm in her native state.