Articles tagged under: Chuck Grassley

Pure Prairie Poultry Politics

Published October 30, 2024

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad are weighing in on the Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy, which resulted in the euthanization of a million-plus chickens in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. The lawmakers argued there wasn’t enough oversight of…
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Farm Bill Optimism Fades

Published October 17, 2024

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley does not expect a new farm bill to pass during the lame-duck session. During an event in Des Moines, Grassley said Congress will only be in session for two weeks in November and three weeks in…
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Grassley, Tester Oppose P & S Rider

Published February 23, 2024

Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and Montana Democrat Jon Tester have sent a letter to their Senate colleagues in opposition to recent efforts to weaken the Packers and Stockyards Act in the agriculture appropriations bill. There is a policy rider in…
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EATS Bill Will Be Reintroduced

Published January 3, 2024

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is reintroducing the Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression or EATS Act. This proposal would undo California’s Proposition 12 legislation that limits the confinement of breeding pigs, veal calves, and egg-laying hens. Grassley said the California law will…
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Crop Nutrition Consolidation a Concern

Published December 13, 2023

Concentration within the meatpacking business has been the crosshairs for many years. A bill is now being introduced in the Senate asking USDA to investigate possible anticompetitive activity within the fertilizer industry. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and Wisconsin Senator Tammy…
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Higher Renewable Fuel Volumes Sought

Published April 17, 2023

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley are leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are calling on the EPA to strengthen the Renewable Fuel Standard. In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the senators said the…
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Next-Gen Fuels Act Returns

Published March 23, 2023

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley have re-introduced the Next Generation Fuels Act. This proposal would give ethanol a larger role in bringing down the level of carbon emissions nationwide. It is also designed to lower prices…
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Next Steps for the Cattle Price Discovery Act

Published March 29, 2022

A bipartisan group of Senators released an updated version of the Cattle Price Discovery Act. The updated version of the bill has technical changes to make it easier for the USDA to implement the bill. The bill includes pricing mechanisms…
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