After losing a dispute panel under the USMCA trade agreement in January 2022, Canada revised how it allocates its TRQ, but that imposed new conditions still restrict a range of potential buyers from importing U.S. dairy products. The U.S. is now calling for a new dispute panel.
Iowa lawmakers introduced a bill earlier this month meant to tighten rules and requirements for people in the state who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The bill would require SNAP recipients to use a list of products under another food-aid program, WIC. That would essentially ban SNAP recipients in the state from buying meat products in the country s top red-meat producing state.
Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting approved some policy recommendations that would increase funding for the farm bill and farmer safety nets. The push for higher spending may run into a roadblock in the House of Representatives where GOP members are calling for cutting up to 25% of spending in federal non-defense agencies.
The Minnesota and South Dakota Public Utilities Commissions each this week will examine the permits of major carbon pipeline projects. The actions come as Summit Carbon last week released comments from South Dakota ethanol producers who stated that South Dakota s PUC is slow walking the permit process in that state.
The Senate sent the omnibus bill to the House, which is expected to pass it despite opposition from House Republicans who did not want a final spending bill passed until they take over in early January. Without the $1.7 trillion package, the federal government could have faced shutdown as early as Friday.