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Food stamp spending fuels inflation, group says
With the farm bill set to expire at the end of September, Congress will be under pressure to pass something...
Farm labor reform act reintroduced in Congress
At this point, one can exasperatedly wonder what it will take to make the Farm Workforce Modification Act (FWMA) into...
The farm bill hearing: mushrooms and the zero-sum game
Mushrooms, surprisingly, were a main theme of last weekâs Senate farm bill hearing on specialty crops. And not just the...
New immigration reform act introduced in the House
News about the U.S. House of Representatives has focused obsessively about the debt ceiling deal. In its wake, a new...
Debt ceiling deal expands SNAPâslightly
Now that the debt ceiling deal negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ratified in the...
Frey Farms CEO joins National Ag Campaign Advisory Council
Frey Farms Founder will help shape U.S. Ag policy and influence the 2023 Farm Bill as a member of the...
New Congressional measure to protect Florida citrus acreage
Florida representatives in both houses of Congress have introduced a bipartisan measure that would amend the federal Conservation Reserve Program...
New AEWR rates challenged in Congress
The adverse effect wage rates (AEWR) recently issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) are facing a legislative challenge. The...
New law proposed for rail safety
The disastrous derailment of a 150-car freight train in East Palestine, OH, on February 3 has led to a number...
Oversight sought on foreign ag land ownership
Is foreign ownership of real estate a security concern for the United States? After all, no matter who owns it,...
IFPA meets with House Ag Committee chairman on farm bill
January 13, 2023 Washington, DC â Following meetings last week with new members of the 118th Congress, International Fresh Produce...
USApple criticizes Congress for lack of action on ag labor
Statement by Jim Bair, President & CEO of U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473, December 22, 2022: âThis week the Senate...
Week in Review December 22, 2022
Greg and Pamela lament the lack of progress on labor reform from Congress this week, but there’s plenty to celebrate...
A sad Christmas for farm labor
The produce industry did not get what it wanted for Christmas. What it wanted: passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization...
Congress fails to include ag labor reform in omnibus spending bill
December 20, 2022 – Newark, DE. and Washington, D.C. – The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962, the largest and...
Farm Bureau doesnât support ag labor reform bill
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) sponsored and is looking for support for the Affordable and Secure Food Act, introduced December 15....
A glimmer of hope for ag labor reform
A bipartisan compromise bill for immigration reform appears dead, according to news reports, but a separate, smaller farm worker bill...
Threat of rail strike ends
Both the Senate and House of Representatives have approved a measure enforcing the Biden administrationâs agreement to settle the rail...
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