Steve Davies

Takoma Park

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Articles

Broadband fund's operation is constitutional, Supreme Court says

1 day ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, which provides about $8 billion annually to defray the cost of broadband service for a wide range of entities, including rural hospitals.
Grain inspectors could use more technology, House ag panel told

2 days ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

Grain inspectors need to have access to new technology, witnesses told the House Agriculture Committee at a hearing on reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act. Much of the USGSA, including mandatory inspection and weighing of exported grain, is permanently authorized, said Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., chair of the committee’s subcommittee on general farm commodities, risk management and credit.
Groups look to legislation to provide long-term farm labor fix

3 days ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

Recent raids and inspections at agricultural operations have producers — and their employees – calling anew for a long-term, legislative solution to the farm workforce problem. Ag groups also are pushing for lawmakers and the Labor Department to address the ever-increasing adverse effect wage rate that applies to the H-2A program.
Court keeps 'set rule' in place but orders more analysis on species, climate change

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider the impacts on climate change of biofuel volumes in its 2023 “set rule,” the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The agency relied on an “admittedly outdated study instead of newer data,” when it concluded that “on average, [corn-based ethanol] provides some [greenhouse gas] reduction in comparison to gasoline," the court said.
Homan: ICE will continue enforcement at farms but prioritize criminal activity

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will continue to conduct inspections of ag operations but will focus on criminal activity, White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.
talkSPORT England vs India 1st Test betting tips - Best cricket bets and expert advice

1 week ago | talksport.com | Steve Davies

The international cricket summer has had a couple of entertaining warm-ups, with England thrashing Zimbabwe and South Africa beating Australia in the WTC final. But, for England fans in particular, the serious stuff starts now. The focus of the cricketing world is on Headingley where England's Ben Stokes and India's Shubman Gill will lead out their sides for the first of five Tests in what promises to be a mouthwatering series.
Brooklyn Marine Terminal Public Spaces: Neighborhood Resource Guide

1 week ago | sociallifeproject.org | Steve Davies

The city's planning process over the past nine months has identified opportunities for new public spaces along the Brooklyn waterfront integrated with maritime uses and new housing and commercial development. We want to take advantage of this moment of change to challenge the city and the community to demand a waterfront that will rival the best in the world.
Administration goes back and forth on deporting farmworkers

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

The Trump administration’s goal of deporting as many immigrants as possible is colliding with farming industry dependence on undocumented labor, leading to a clash of competing interests.
Rollins insists she's aligned on immigration agenda as Trump protects farmworkers

1 week ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says she's aligned with the administration's policy of deporting all illegal immigrants even as President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has pulled back on immigration enforcement at agricultural operations. The New York Times reported Saturday that Trump's turnaround on deportations for farmworkers came after Rollins raised concerns with the president about the impact of enforcement actions.
Rollins defends record before House Ag, says USDA 'adequately staffed'

2 weeks ago | agri-pulse.com | Steve Davies

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defended her record at a wide-ranging House Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday that touched on trade, personnel reductions at USDA, and cuts to nutrition programs. She repeatedly mentioned her travel abroad and attempts to open foreign markets to U.S. farm goods and said, as she has before, that the previous administration had vastly increased the workforce at USDA, making it necessary to cut back.