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by Steve Davies (Agri-Pulse)  …  (Jewel) Bronaugh talked about the importance of biofuels in a clean energy economy, including the development of bio-based products and answered questions that covered a variety of agricultural issues important to the members, mostly by promising to pursue more information if she is confirmed. … On the 30×30 initiative, under which the Biden administration seeks to conserve 30% of the nation’s land and waters, Bronaugh emphasized the importance of working lands. “We will continue to determine how we can utilize working lands as an integral part of ...

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Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record The third federal coronavirus stimulus package includes numerous benefits for individuals, health care entities, governments and public agencies, but it also will mean more than $64 billion for agribusiness and small businesses nationally. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, or House Resolution 1319, was passed by Congress on Wednesday and signed by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Most Republican Congressional members opposed it, including U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell of New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. In her statement upon its passage, s...

Sen. Warnock said he wanted to “…ensure equity in our recovery efforts and address longstanding injustices that have left some communities behind for far too long…” According to one study, there were approximately 1 million black farmers in the United States in 1920. Today there are approximately 50,000 black farmers, according to Black Enterprise. The United States Code has a new section entitled Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach 7 U.S. Sec. 2279.  According to the code, “The term socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher means a farmer or rancher who is a member of a soc...

Tom Vilsack tackles new priorities at U.S. Department of Agriculture Vilsack returns to a department — and an industry — in the midst of a pandemic, in the process of recovering from a series of trade skirmishes, and in the grips of lingering questions about long-standing inequalities to a select group of producers. 5:30 am, Mar. 14, 2021 × Tom Vilsack (Photo by Adam Schultz / Biden for President) Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is probably the most experienced person to ever be one week into the top job at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, things have changed s...