Registration for the 2025 Winter Policy Conference is now open! The commissioners, secretaries and directors of agriculture from around the nation will gather with federal agencies, congressional leaders and industry stakeholders to talk about pressing agricultural and food policy issues. Join us February 24-26, 2025!
Policy Items:
Policy Amendments
Policy Amendment 1: LFPA Cooperative Agreement Program
Policy Amendment 2: Farm Business Technical Assistance
Policy Amendment 4: Nutrition Spending in Federal Farm Bill
Policy Amendment 5: Comprehensive Updates to School Meals
Policy Amendment 6: Support for Tax Policy to Encourage the Use of Digesters
Policy Amendment 7: Food as Medicine
Policy Amendment 8: LFP for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
Policy Amendment 9: Controlled Environment Agriculture Support
Policy Amendment 10: Domestic Feedstock Preference in Federal Tax Policy
Policy Amendment 11: Increasing Support for Domestic and Global Demand for Biofuels
Policy Amendment 12: H2A Program
Policy Amendment 13: Produce Safety
Policy Amendment 14: Nutrition Language
Policy Amendment 15: Development of a Standing National HPAI Action Plan
Policy Amendment 16: National Pipeline Transportation System
Policy Amendment 17: Endangered Species Act Consultation Process for Pesticide Registration and Use
Action Items
Action Item A: International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026
Action Item B: Water Conservation Study and Incentives
Action Item C: Comprehensive Agricultural Labor Reform
Action Item D: Illegal Foreign Shrimp and Catfish
Action Item E: New Horse Protection Act Final Rule
Action Item F: USDA Farm Bill Funding and Continued Support of the Dairy Business Innovation Initiative Program
Action Item G: Restoration of Organic Funding
Action Item H: Federally Mandated Inspection Services Delegated by USDA to States
Action Item I: USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Indemnity and Compensation Program
Action Item J: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Vaccination and Research
Press Releases
- State agriculture departments call for an integrated, national response to avian influenza
- NASDA members champion 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer
- State agriculture officials to support programs for increasing economic growth via access to local foods
- NASDA members urge Congress to initiate labor reform for agriculture
- State agriculture officials vote to promote increased production of biofuels to support American economies
- State agriculture departments seek to support new farmers with business and technical assistance services
- NASDA members advocate for expansion of “food as medicine” programs
Date
February 24, 2025 – February 26, 2025
Venue
Conrad Washington D.C.
950 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
Contact
Amelia Iliohan
amelia.iliohan@nasda.org
