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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, May 02, 2024
More preliminary test results released today on samples of retail milk, cottage cheese and sour cream show that pasteurization is effective in inactivating highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has been found in 36 herds in nine states, FDA said today.
There is big news today on the farm bill front. The House and Senate Agriculture committees are making dueling moves today in the partisan standoff over a new bill.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has $1.3 million to spend in California as part of initiatives to conserve sage grouse and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
The fertilizer industry and a raft of farm groups are backing legislation that would add phosphate and potash to the list of minerals considered “critical” to the national security of the United States, arguing that too much of the world’s reserves of the vital crop inputs is located outside the country and vulnerable to supply shocks.
Syngenta and ADM reported lower income in the first quarter than in the first three months of 2023, reflecting challenging conditions in the ag sector.
Lawmakers are back in D.C. with four weeks until the Memorial Day deadline set by House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., for moving a new farm bill. Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse about key details of the bill, most notably on cuts to nutrition spending.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed that the H5N1 virus has been found in a dairy herd in Colorado, the ninth state so far, the state's department of agriculture said Friday.
Attorneys for EPA and biogas producers faced skeptical questions from a panel of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in arguments today involving EPA’s authority to regulate the industry under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
