Articles tagged under: Cory Booker

Ag Committee Leadership Speculation

Published July 3, 2026

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet surprisingly lost his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. However, that may put him in line for another key position. The current Senate agriculture committee ranking member, Amy Klobuchar, is running for governor in Minnesota.…
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Crop Insurance Targeted in New Bill

Published July 24, 2023

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and Oregon Representative Andrea Salinas have introduced legislation that would gut the crop insurance program. This bill seeks a renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement focusing crop insurance on farms of 180 acres or less.…
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Support for Small Farms

Published June 7, 2023

A bill has been introduced in the House and Senate to create a new office within USDA to focus on small farms. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker said this office would consider the specific needs of small farms and facilitate…
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Booker Targets Large Livestock Farms

Published February 8, 2023

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is calling for a moratorium on new livestock farms. Booker is a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and was a speaker at the Food Not Feed Conference in Washington, D.C., highlighting his bill to…
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Booker Bill Considers Animal Agriculture

Published November 23, 2022

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has introduced a bill targeting large-scale livestock operations. The proposal would require packers, processors and farmers to register their businesses with USDA, submit a disaster preparedness plan and pay for disaster mitigation. The bill also…
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Sugar Free Summer Challenge

Published July 5, 2022

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is asking others to join him and take added or processed sugar out of their diets until Labor Day. In a tweet, Booker said the United States ‘uses tax dollars to drive down the costs…
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CAFO Ban Proposed

Published July 14, 2021

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has reintroduced a bill to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations. Booker has targeted CAFOs in the past, but now has more influence as a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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Booker Renews Effort to Ban Large Livestock Farms

Published May 8, 2020

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is calling for a ban on large livestock operations by the year 2040. Another former presidential candidate, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, is co-sponsoring the bill. The proposal phases out concentrated animal feeding operations over the…
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