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Federal firefighters are waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

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Biden picks USDA veteran for USTR agriculture negotiator post - Roll Call

Biden chose an Agriculture Department veteran as his pick for an agriculture negotiator post at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Roll Call

President Biden calls for assault weapons ban and other measures to curb gun violence

The address followed recent mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma. Biden said the measures aren't about taking away rights, but about protecting Americans.

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The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.

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The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding

As parents scramble to find scarce baby formula and the government races to boost production and imports, some advocates say the U.S. should do more to encourage breastfeeding.

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Why is there a baby formula shortage in the US, and what can parents do?

Many parents are struggling to feed their babies, and the crisis is hitting poorer families disproportionately hard

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Baby-formula shortage spurs US to prod Abbott over access

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday urged Abbott Laboratories to do more to ensure low-income families on federal assistance have access to baby formula, amid a nationwide shortage.

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Baby formula shortage fueling spike in milk bank interest

The U.S. baby formula shortage has sparked a surge of interest among moms who want to donate breast milk to help bridge the supply gap as well as those seeking to keep their babies fed

The Independent UK

White House bolsters efforts to get baby formula into the hands of WIC recipients

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.

WEKU

President Biden seeks to unite electricians in Chicago and farmers in Kankakee behind him — and against Putin

In Kankakee, Biden sought to focus farmers’ anger on Russian President Vladimir Putin and “Putin’s war.” In Chicago, an animated Biden detailed his infrastructure plan’s creation of jobs at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ International Convention.

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Biden to roll out retooled crop production plan at Illinois farm - Roll Call

The administration is trying again to boost U.S. crop production after lawmakers stripped incentives from a Ukraine aid bill.

Roll Call

Booker blasts Biden admin’s food justice efforts in closed-door meeting

The heated exchange left some senators stunned.

Axios

Biden boosts rural health care

The Biden administration is on a U.S. tour to promote a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package to rural Americans

Salon

Biden to visit Iowa ethanol plant as officials hit road to tout rural aid efforts

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will speak at an Iowa ethanol plant Tuesday as part of the White House pitch that his administration is delivering tangible results for rural America.

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Biden to visit Iowa ethanol plant as officials hit road to tout rural aid efforts - Roll Call

Administration officials are taking to the road this month to promote the rural benefits of infrastructure spending.

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USDA’s Vilsack tests positive for COVID-19 in latest Washington case

WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he tested positive for COVID-19, adding to the list of Biden administration officials infected with the virus.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tests positive for COVID-19

"I’m both vaccinated and boosted and thankfully my symptoms are mild," he said.

The Guardian - US

Millions of bird deaths as US hit by avian flu outbreak

US officials believe nearly 24m poultry birds, mostly chickens and turkeys, have died of flu since virus strain identified in February

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Everybody blames Mitch McConnell

Republicans are angling to nix the waivers from President Biden's federal budget for 2023

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'Pop-up' at Seattle port aims to fill empty shipping containers bound for Asia

As "pop-ups" go, the one coming to the Port of Seattle is pure pandemic.

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Agriculture secretary: Some price increases are the result of businesses 'taking advantage'

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said some recent price increases were the result of businesses “taking advantage” of the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain disruptions to push up food costs.

The Independent UK

USDA head: US farmers to help if Ukraine exports threatened

The U.S. secretary of agriculture says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine offers American farmers a chance to boost production and prevent supply chain problems

Roll Call

USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack named Shirley Sherrod to an equity panel over a decade after dismissing her, and then apologizing for doing so.

The Independent UK

US plans wildfire fight where forests, neighborhoods collide

The Biden administration plans to significantly increase efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires that have been torching areas of the U.S. West by more aggressively thinning forests around areas called hotspots where nature and neighborhoods collide

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