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Farm groups have grown accustomed over the last few years to having more money to work with for promoting their products overseas, but that abundance could come to an end quickly.
The House gavels back in this week after a raucous end to the July session that saw the lower chamber’s Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill implode.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack should tap a USDA reserve fund to expand international food aid and export promotion programs, said the leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee in a letter released on Wednesday.
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to use his Commodity Credit Corp. spending authority for trade promotion purposes and purchases of commodities for international food aid.
The Senate Agriculture Committee released a newsletter entitled “Farm Bill 101: Growing New Markets for Farmers.” This one-pager is designed to be easily digestible and explain trade markets in layman’s terms.