Veto threat for USDA funds: The White House listed more than a dozen objections to the fiscal year 2025 USDA-FDA funding bill, from inadequate WIC funding to limits on livestock-marketing reforms and FDA regulation of tobacco, and threatened to veto the bill. (White House)
‘Extension means delay’: Worried that “it may not be logistically or politically feasible to advance a farm bill early in the next Congress,” more than 500 state and national farm, sportsman, conservation, and ag retail groups asked congressional leaders to pass a farm bill this year rather than extend current law. (American Farm Bureau Federation)
Climate change stresses forests: The FAO’s “State of the World’s Forests” report says global warming is making forests more vulnerable to stresses such as wildfires, insect pests, and plant diseases. (Food and Agriculture Organization)
Court rejects biogas challenge: A U.S. appeals court ruled against the biogas industry in its challenge of revised EPA rules that account for renewable transportation fuel derived from biogas. (E&E News)
Dairy show in Nebraska: The Nebraska State Fair, scheduled for Aug. 23-Sept. 2, will include dairy cattle competitions with precautions against the H5N1 avian flu virus, including mandatory testing of lactating cows for the disease. (State Fair Board)