Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 5.2
May 2, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Farm Bill On Friday, the Senate Agriculture Committee launched its farm bill hearings at Michigan State University with a field hearing entitled, “Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: 2023 Farm Bill Perspectives from Michigan.” The committee heard […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.25
April 25, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Farm Bill The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is beginning its farm bill process with afield hearing in Lansing, Michigan on Friday, April 29 entitled “Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: 2023 Farm Bill […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 4.4
April 4, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Ocean Shipping Reform The Senate passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act on Thursday by voice vote. The bill represents the first significant reform of the regulations governing the movement of goods at U.S. ports and addresses criticisms […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.28
March 28, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook President’s FY2023 Budget President Joe Biden released the FY 2023 budget proposal, totaling $5.8 trillion yesterday. The budget would provide $31.13 billion in discretionary spending for USDA for the next fiscal year, $2.6 billion […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.21
March 21, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Farm Bill As conversations continue on the 2023 Farm Bill, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on Wednesday titled “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The Role of USDA Programs in Addressing […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.14
March 14, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Government Spending On Thursday, Congress cleared a $1.5 trillion package to fund the federal government through September and to deliver $14 billion to help Ukraine. The Senate approved the over 2,700-page measure by a […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 3.7
March 7, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook State of the Union Address Last Tuesday, President Biden gave his first State of the Union address. The speech sought to demonstrate unity by focusing heavily on the war in Ukraine. There were minimal direct […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.28
February 28, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Russia and Ukraine Early last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine. This operation is the biggest attack on a European state since World War II, prompting tens of […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.14
February 14, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook House Ag Committee Hearings On Tuesday, the House Agriculture Committee continued efforts to review policies in preparation for the next farm bill. The Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing to review farm […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 2.7
February 7, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Farm Bill Last Wednesday, the House Agriculture Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee held a hearing to review federal conservation programs. Subcommittee members agreed that conservation begins with farmers, ranchers, and foresters, and that continued support […]
