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AM For Every Vehicle Act Fails to Achieve Senate Unanimous Consent
California Ag Today
This week Senator Ted Cruz took to the Senate Floor to pass the AM for Every Vehicle Act by unanimous consent. However, Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, objected, blocking the effort to circumvent a full Senate vote.
Farm Bill Delays Continue
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The Thanksgiving turkey may be gone, but the political hurdles stalling spending bills and a new farm bill on Capitol Hill, remain.
Senators on Using Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture… “It’s already here.”
California Ag Today
The Senate Agriculture Committee hosted a hearing on A.I. and innovation into American agriculture. In her opening statement, Michigan Senator and Chair Debbie Stabenow pointed to agriculture's role in technology.
Farm Bill and Spending Bill Warning
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A Senate Democrat, Patty Murray has issued a warning to House Republicans to avoid two new shutdown threats early next year in the just-enacted stopgap funding and farm bill extension.
Potential and Risk of AI
Farm of the Future
Ranking Senate Ag Committee member John Boozman said AI has potential but needs to answer tough questions.
Part Two: California Cattlemen’s Association on Senate Bill 389
California Ag Today
Welcome back to our miniseries on Senate Bill 389. Despite California Cattlemen’s Association’s initial opposition, the group later shifted its stance to neutral by the session's end, and the bill was ultimately signed into law by Governor Newsom.
Senate Ag Committee Looks at Potential and Risk of AI
Farm of the Future
The Senate Agriculture Committee hosted a hearing on AI and innovation into American agriculture.
Farm Bill Extension from NCBA
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A top official for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says a likely farm bill extension could be a year or more and include some commodity payment fixes.
Farm Bill Progress Unlikely
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Ag Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst suggest Senate farm bill talks have collapsed.
Farm Bill and NCBA
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Cattlemen are keeping up the pressure on lawmakers to do a farm bill this year, despite what seem like impossible odds given Congress' paralysis over a Speaker.
California Potatoes Recover and Protecting Future Farmland Act
The Agribusiness Update
After a four-year decline in potato production nationwide, this season’s California crop appears ready to buck the trend, and Senators Tammy Baldwin and Chuck Grassley introduced the Protecting Future Farmland Act.
Sunbelt Ag Expo and Protecting Future Farmland Act
The Agribusiness Update
The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition will celebrate its 45th Anniversary show October 17-19, just outside of Moultrie, GA, and Senators Tammy Baldwin and Chuck Grassley introduced the Protecting Future Farmland Act.
US Wheat Rebounds and Maple Syrup Funding
The Agribusiness Update
A modest rebound in U.S. wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators, and a sweet deal from the USDA’s Ag Marketing Service awarding over $15 million to promote the maple syrup industry.
Farm Bill Timing
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
House Ag Chair GT Thompson and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack are expressing confidence for a farm bill this year but shed no new light on its timing.
Farm Bill Hold Up
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow says farm bill negotiations are taking more time than expected, slowing down drafting of a Senate farm bill.
Farm Bill Extension?
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Longtime Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is starting to get impatient about the farm bill, saying the text for a Senate draft should have been out during the long August recess.
California's Heat Safety Law and McConnell on Farm Bill Deadline
The Agribusiness Update
California tightens Heat Illness Prevention Standard, one of the most stringent in the nation, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress is running out of legislative working days before Farm Bill expires.
California's Heat Safety Law and McConnell on Farm Bill Deadline
The Agribusiness Update
California tightens Heat Illness Prevention Standard, one of the most stringent in the nation, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress is running out of legislative working days before Farm Bill expires.
and McConnell on Farm Bill Deadline
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia Farm Bureau encouraging members to voice opposition to checkoff amendment, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress is running out of legislative working days before Farm Bill expires.
Farm Bill Logistics
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Legislative logistics, not just farm policy fights, are impeding the completion of a 2023 farm bill.