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 […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.31
January 31, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook Ag Hearing with Secretary Vilsack On January 20, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified at the House Agriculture Committee hearing entitled “To Review the State of the Rural Economy.” Members spoke to a variety of […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.17
January 17, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook “Build Back Better” Budget Reconciliation Package Democrats are looking to pull out climate-smart ag provisions and clean energy incentives from the Build Back Better bill and move them as a separate package, according to […]
Weekly Food and Agriculture Update – 1.10
January 10, 2022 Contents Big Picture Outlook Thoughts from Team Torrey The Week Ahead A Quick Look Back Big Picture Outlook “Build Back Better” Budget Reconciliation Package This week, the Senate and the White House are focused on voting rights legislation instead of the stalled $1.8 trillion spending compromise proposed to the White House in late 2021 by Senator […]