POLITICO Morning Agriculture


‘The hemp industry does not have an August recess’
Mon Aug 17 10:00 am
The hemp industry is trying to build on the delay of a ban on its products to win a permanent regulatory framework.
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Fear of lettuce
Mon Aug 10 10:00 am
Americans are still afraid to eat lettuce and other fresh produce amid the nation’s worst recorded cyclospora season. That’s making it harder for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to advance his “Eat Real Food” message.
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Farm bill fight not quelled
Mon Aug 03 10:00 am
A key Democrat on the Senate Ag Committee is urging his colleagues to withhold support for the farm bill despite concessions intended to sweeten the legislation for Democrats.
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Wavering on SNAP waivers
Mon Jul 27 10:00 am
An absence of congressional energy around junk food restrictions in SNAP is dimming the initiative’s once-bright future.
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‘It's going to decimate the agency’
Mon Jul 20 10:00 am
Agriculture Department employees expressed concern that the reorganization will degrade the quality of their agencies’ work due to employee attrition.
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Sprint to August
Mon Jul 13 10:00 am
Ag Republicans are staring down a tall legislative to-do list and growing obstacles before they leave for the August recess.
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USMCA’s clouded ag future
Mon Jul 06 10:00 am
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said ag trade deficits influenced President Donald Trump's decision not to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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