USDA is seeking public comment on how it intends to improve the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQIP, one of USDA's largest conservation programs.
Following Wednesday night’s passage of a tax extenders in the U.S. House, the American Farm Bureau Federation urged Congress to pass the temporary legislation by the end of the year.
President Obama would veto the current tax extenders bill that Congress is writing, because the bill does not include tax breaks for the middle class according to a report.
Texas Republican Mike Conaway who was recently confirmed to be chairman of the House Agriculture Committee has said he’s ready to work on the next farm bill and Immigration reform.
Little change is expected in the relationship between the U.S. and Japan following the midterm elections but it remains unclear on what Republican control of Congress means for Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.