Marc has reported on agricultural issues since 1993 when he began reporting for the Watertown Daily Times in northern New York. He reported for the Daily Times for 18 years, including more than 14 as its Washington, D.C., correspondent. For the past few years, he reported on tax legislation for Bloomberg BNA. Marc grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and holds a graduate degree from Columbia University. He won several state Associated Press writing contests while reporting for New York newspapers.
The Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee yesterday approved a $23.1 billion spending bill for the next fiscal year that includes $25 million to help the Department of Agriculture relocate two research agencies from Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area.
Environmental groups are suing the Forest Service over a logging project in areas damaged by the Rim Fire in California in 2013.
Eight Republican senators urged President Trump yesterday to endorse a new type of biofuel blending waiver for oil refineries, if the administration backs an increase in annual volumes of the alternative fuel.
The Department of Agriculture is asking research agency employees who've declined to relocate to Kansas City to keep working in Washington for months longer than they anticipated.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced legislation this week to boost agricultural research by 5% a year, a proposal that advocates said could help make up for years of flat spending.