This week, the House Republican Steering Committee elected Glenn GT Thomspon as Chairman of the House Ag Committee. Thompson said he will put farmers at the top of his priority…
Climate Change
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Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 4% percent from 2019 to 2020, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The most recent Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions…
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Biden Commits to Methane Reduction, NCBA Urges Open Dialogue with Agriculture
by Colter BrownPresident Joe Biden announced that the United States and European Union committed to a global pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30% by the year 2030. In response to the…
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The American Farm Bureau Federation is one of many ag groups calling on the Biden Administration to act responsibly when it comes to conservation. Specifically, President Biden’s goal to conserve…
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By: Kiley Martinell Continued concerns about climate change and the desire to protect our natural resources have people all over the globe looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly.…
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OMAHA (DTN) — In an effort to increase carbon sequestration and conservation land, USDA on Wednesday announced plans to sign up as many as 4 million acres to the Conservation…
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Speculation is brewing over how the new Biden administration may use the Commodity Credit Corporation. The CCC, as it’s known, was used by the Trump-era Department of Agriculture to send trade…
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Tom Vilsack’s nomination to U.S. agriculture secretary advanced unanimously out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Tuesday and will now head to the full Senate…
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The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) issued a letter to the Biden-Harris transition team which introduces NAWG, outlines pending policy issues needing immediate attention for the upcoming Administration, and…
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A 2-year large-scale trial in beef cattle in Alberta, Canada has successfully demonstrated that a novel feed ingredient, developed by Royal DSM, can be included in commercial feedlot diets to reduce…