AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF May 12, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue as Deadline Looms: Meetings between President Biden and leadership in the U.S. House and Senate continue in an effort to establish a bipartisan a
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF May 3, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Debt Ceiling Debate Intensifies with New Warning: The latest debt ceiling warning issued on May 2nd by Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen indicated that the U.S. may not be able to
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF April 21, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Speaker McCarthy Lays Out Debt Plan: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy laid out his arguments for addressing the U.S. federal debt during a speech before the New York Stock Exc
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF April 11, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Boozman Talks Farm Bill: Senator Boozman recently joined Agri-Pulse to discuss the latest developments on the reauthorization efforts in Congress. In the interview Boozman spoke
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF March 27, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Debt Ceiling Debate to Take Center Stage in Congress: As Congress returns to work in the coming weeks, the need to avoid a debt crisis will take center stage. Recent economic unc
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Legislative Update (Bills we are tracking) 94th Arkansas General Assembly Updated May 3, 2023 Ag Council Resolutions House Bills HB1003: To Create Income Tax Credits For Beginning Farmers And Owners Of Agricultural Assets. HB1032 (Act 315): To Increase T
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF March 1, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE USDA Issues Update Regarding Assistance for Rice Farmers: On February 28th, USDA issued an announcement through the Farm Service Agency (FSA) outlining more details on the $250 mi
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The Ag Council of Arkansas will hold its next board of directors meeting on Wednesday, May 10th, at the Lon Mann Cotton Research Station in Marianna, Arkansas. Doors will open at 8:30 and the meeting will begin at 9am and conclude with lunch sponsored by
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF February 13, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Senate Kicks Off Farm Bill Hearings: The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee began its first series of Farm Bill hearings in the new Congress this February. These hearings cons
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF January 15, 2023 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE 118th Congress Kicks Off In Washington: The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives began a new Congress this month in Washington, D.C. In the 118th Congress, Republicans
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On Wednesday, January 4th, the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame announced its 35th Class of Inductees. The individuals will be formally recognized at an induction cermony luncheon in Little Rock on Friday, March 3rd at 11:30am. Tickets and sponsorships a
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AG COUNCIL NEWS & INFORMATION BRIEF December 30, 2022 WASHINGTON AG UPDATE Congress Approves Fiscal Year Spending Bill Just Before Christmas: The U.S. House and Senate concluded the 117th Congress just before Christmas by approving a $1.7 trillion o
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