We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Terms and Cookie Policy
Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Proposed changes to the Women, Infants and Children program announced Thursday by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service would give a boost to fruit and vegetable consumption but de-emphasize dairy.
Mace Thornton has joined Stratovation Group as partner and COO to lead integrated client services and Christopher Galen has been selected to serve as the executive director of the American Butter Institute.
The milk industry is questioning the Food and Drug Administration's continued approval of infant formula imports from foreign manufacturers, even as the crisis begins to ease.
Archer Daniels Midland company CEO Juan Ricardo Luciano said in the company’s third-quarter earnings call Tuesday that low water levels on the Mississippi River will likely reduce soy exports from North America.
Two major players in the discussion over reform of the Federal Milk Marketing Order system have come to an agreement on the need for updates, but specifics are yet to be determined.
North American dairy cows produce 6% more milk, consume 4% less feed and use 13% less land than they did in 2007, according to a new study from three lobbying groups.
The Department of Agriculture has tapped Ellen Luger as the next minister counselor of agriculture in Rome for the Foreign Agricultural Service and Erica Chabot is the new majority staff director for the Senate Agriculture Committee,
Lawmakers are laying the groundwork to recharge the Rural Energy for America Program, a USDA initiative to bankroll clean and renewable energy from rural areas and farms.