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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...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

The farm bill hearing: mushrooms and the zero-sum game

Mushrooms, surprisingly, were a main theme of last week’s Senate farm bill hearing on specialty crops. And not just the...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Debt ceiling deal expands SNAP—slightly

Now that the debt ceiling deal negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ratified in the...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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,...

2 years ago 3 minute read

IFPA meets with House Ag Committee chairman on farm bill

January 13, 2023 Washington, DC – Following meetings last week with new members of the 118th Congress, International Fresh Produce...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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: “This week the Senate...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 1 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Farm Bureau doesn’t 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....

2 years ago 1 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Threat of rail strike ends

Both the Senate and House of Representatives have approved a measure enforcing the Biden administration’s agreement to settle the rail...

2 years ago 4 minute read
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