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USDA Announces Voting Period for Continuance Referendum

29 February 2024 by: Kaycee Rippey In: Legislative News Peanuts & Political News

USDA Announces Voting Period for Continuance Referendum for National Peanut Research and Promotion Program Eligible peanut producers can opt to vote electronically or by paper ballot.   FEB 28, 2024 – ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a referendum among eligible producers of peanuts […]

Tuberville Presses Appropriators To Freeze H-2A Rates

8 February 2024 by: Kaye Lynn Hataway In: Legislative News News Peanuts & Political News

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) led nine Republican colleagues in sending a letter to leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees slamming the increase in Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR). Senator Tuberville and his colleagues are requesting language in an upcoming appropriations package to freeze H-2A wage rates at the January 2023 levels and reinstate the 14-day delay between the AEWR rate posting and the […]

USDA To Provide Additional Financial Assistance to Qualifying Guaranteed Farm Loan Borrowers Facing Financial Risk

14 August 2023 by: Kaycee Rippey In: News Peanuts & Political News

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it will begin providing additional, automatic financial assistance for qualifying guaranteed Farm Loan Programs (FLP) borrowers who are facing financial risk. The announcement is part of the $3.1 billion to help certain distressed farm loan borrowers that was provided through Section 22006 of […]

Farm Bill Listening Sessions to be held

23 March 2023 by: Kaye Lynn Hataway In: Legislative News News Peanuts & Political News

Congressman Barry Moore is hosting several Farm Bill Listening Sessions for Alabamians to attend regarding the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization. The dates are:   April 4: 10 a.m. CT in Montgomery at Alabama Ag & Industries – 1145 Federal Drive, Montgomery, AL 36107   Please note the corrected address for this location. April 5: 10 a.m. CT […]

Tuberville Continues Advocating for Alabama’s Ag Interests in Farm Bill Hearing

10 February 2023 by: Kaye Lynn Hataway In: Peanuts & Political News

WASHINGTON — During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today covering commodities, crop insurance, and credit within the 2023 Farm Bill, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke with top officials from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) about the department’s farm safety net, crop insurance, and what steps are being taken to address rising input costs. Senator Tuberville opened […]

USDA Provides Payments of nearly $800 Million in Assistance to Help Keep Farmers Farming

19 October 2022 by: Kaye Lynn Hataway In: Legislative News News Peanuts & Political News

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assistance for distressed farm loan borrowers provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA directed […]

U.S. Peanut Federation Testifies at U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing focusing on Agricultural Trade

17 June 2022 by: Kaye Lynn Hataway In: Legislative News News Peanuts & Political News

U.S. Peanut Federation Testifies at U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing focusing on Agricultural Trade   Chairman Warnock Notes EU Non-Tariff Trade Issue for Peanuts June 9, 2022 – Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, held a hearing June 9, 2022, on “Agricultural Trade: Priorities and Issues Facing America’s Farmers.” […]

U.S. Peanut Federation Testifies at U.S. House Ag Committee Hearing

7 March 2022 by: Kaye Lynn Hataway In: Legislative News Peanuts & Political News

Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2022) – The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing March 1, 2022, on “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Commodity Group Perspectives on Title I.” Chairman David Scott, D-Georgia, opened the hearing stating, “As we look ahead to the 2023 Farm Bill, I am committed to making sure that the […]

Coastal Growers Shelling Facility in Atmore

10 March 2021 by: Abby Himburg In: News Peanuts & Political News

UPDATED 3/10/21   ATMORE, ALA. – Today, Wednesday March 10th , Coastal Growers LLC held their official groundbreaking ceremony. The city welcomed Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to Atmore as part of the groundbreaking ceremony.   “I’m thrilled to be a part of the groundbreaking for Coastal Growers, which will be a first-class peanut production facility,” […]

United States Peanut Federation Addresses EU Tariffs

11 November 2020 by: Abby Himburg In: News Peanuts & Political News

November 11, 2020   On Monday, the European Union slapped new tariffs on in-shell peanuts, peanut kernels, and peanut oil at a level of 25%. The tariffs went into effect on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.   The tariffs are authorized by the World Trade Organization. This is in retaliation by the European Union against the U.S. over […]