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Changing Guard at California Fish and Wildlife
California Ag Today
Chuck Bonham prepares to step down as director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and transition to The Nature Conservancy.
Monument Designations Move 30x30 Needle
California Ag Today
Eleventh-hour national monument designations from the Biden Administration add more than half a million acres to California’s historic 30×30 initiative.
Chinese Ownership of U.S. Farmland Up Twentyfold
California Ag Today
Legislation has now passed the U.S. aiming to tighten the rules around foreign purchases of U.S. farmland, specifically targeting countries like China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran.
Lighting a Fire Under Last Year’s Farm Bill
California Ag Today
Having fun getting through the updates from the 2023 Farm Bill? Oh that’s right…it didn’t happen. But May may be when the fire gets lit.
Speakerless Void Throws Wrench in Ag Bills
Southeast Regional Ag News
Ag related bills like others remain in limbo as the House GOP tries again this week to end a three-week Speakerless void.
Resurrection of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act
Southeast Regional Ag News
Senator Chuck Grassley and a bipartisan group of Senators last week introduced the bipartisan piece of legislation. It has 22 total cosponsors.
Climate: A Hot Topic in the Next Farm Bill
Southeast Regional Ag News
“This farm bill that we’re debating in 2023 will need to be able to carry a label as the most climate-friendly bill that we have every passed in the Congress, in terms of agriculture," says former USDA Deputy Secretary Chuck Connor.
Winter Chuckar
Jody Olson is avid about a number of things, but really passionate about dogs and hunting chucker.
Packers, Meet Lame Duck?
Southeast Regional Ag News
The Senate Ag Committee easily passed the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act with bipartisan support in June, but chief sponsor Chuck Grassley failed to get a floor vote before midterm elections.
Inflation Reduction Act Expected Friday in U.S. House
Southeast Regional Ag News
With climate change emission reductions a big part of the bill, the debate over cost and impact is heating up
Farm State Senators Look to Crack Down on Foreign Ownership of Ag Land
Southeast Regional Ag News
The USDA reports China, Russia and Iran accounted for a combined 200 thousand acres of foreign-owned ag land in 2019.
Senators Continue to Push for Cattle Marketing Transparency
Southeast Regional Ag News
A Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act will likely come after the Easter/Passover break.
Obama's Antibiotic Legacy and Trump's Good for Ag
The Agribusiness Update
President Obama will leave with changes to the use of antibiotics in agriculture, and Trump is perceived by some as good for Ag.
Avian Flu Continues Ravaging the Poultry Industry in Mid-West
Farm of the Future
While Washington and Oregon had incidents with wild fowl and back yard poultry earlier this year, fortunately there weren't any cases of avian influenza in commercial flocks — that isn't the case in Iowa where Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley wants the USDA to step it up when it comes to the agency's response to the avian influenza that is ravaging the poultry industry in Iowa.