May 4, 2017
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on a $1 trillion appropriations bill for FY-2017 that will fund the federal government through September. The agreement rejects most of the Administration’s proposed cuts in agriculture-related programs, including ...
Last week, Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to extend the biodiesel tax credit and restructure it from a blender’s to a producer’s credit. In addition to Grassley, the Senate bill has ...
The American Soybean Association (ASA) participated in NAFB’s annual Washington Watch Issues Forum earlier this week. ASA Chairman and Delaware farmer Richard Wilkins attended, along with representatives from the ASA D.C. office, and spoke with ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) this week to repeal the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, in accordance with President Trump’s Executive ...
April 27, 2017
Soy growers, along with 137 food and agriculture trade associations and companies working collectively through the diverse and broad-based U.S. Food and Agriculture Dialogue for Trade, this week urged the U.S. Senate to expeditiously vote ...
