Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 4/27/21

While Senate Democrats are confident about the ability to get a bipartisan agricultural climate bill passed, the rift remains with Republicans over USDA's authority to spend money on a carbon sequestration program without getting approval from Congress first. Members of the North American Agricultural Journalists heard Tuesday from the respective chairs and ranking members of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee also spoke to NAAJ members.

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