Democrats’ Agriculture Agenda With the Democratic wins in Georgia, Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow is poised to retake control of the upper body’s Agriculture Committee. She says her “top priority” is to establish an agricultural carbon market. However, she says it will be a voluntary climate exchange and top Republican John Boozman of Arkansas says his main concern with the plan will be that it not solely be to the benefit of credit traders. The measure is likely to be part of a larger environmental legislative package by the Biden Administration, though it could have implications for the 2023 Farm Bill debate.  Stabenow says she also wants to give greater legal protections to farm workers, and to certain for...

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