The National Chicken Council (NCC) this week expressed deep concern about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Agriculture Marketing Service rule, “Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act.”
President Biden on Thursday, during his annual State of the Union address, blamed corporations for rises in food prices. However, U.S. government data say otherwise.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump this week swept nearly every state voting in the Super Tuesday presidential primary elections. As a result, candidate Nikki Haley dropped out of the presidential race.
The House this week passed a six-bill “minibus” spending package, funding various agencies including the Department of Agriculture (USDA) through FY2024.
Congress this week passed a one-week funding extension (Continuing Resolution, or CR) for six appropriations bills, including Agriculture-FDA, through March 8, averting a partial government shutdown this weekend.
Longtime Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced this week he plans to step down from Senate leadership following the end of the current Congress. Sen. McConnell does plan to complete his current Senate term, however, which runs through 2026.
Democrats this week flipped a seat in the House of Representatives, with former Representative Tom Suozzi regaining his old seat in Long Island, New York in a special election.
