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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
A “stunning” and “dangerous” shift in U.S. policy toward pesticide labeling “poses great risks to our science-based regulatory system and global food systems,” dozens of commodity and other ag groups assert in a letter asking the Biden administration to withdraw a recently filed brief in the Supreme Court.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Sen. Cory Booker is calling on the White House to reject any effort by the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on plant-based beverages that use the term “milk.”
Members of the House Agriculture Committee are reviewing USDA input on the Senate-passed Growing Climate Solutions Act and modifications suggested by the panel’s top Republican, Glenn “GT” Thompson.
More than a dozen farm groups are formally supporting a pair of Idaho landowners in a Supreme Court case that could determine the regulatory reach of the Clean Water Act.
American Soybean Association delegates representing states throughout the U.S. voted Saturday to ratify a proposal supporting the U.S. negotiation of a free trade agreement with India and other countries in South Asia to take advantage of rising demand there.
President Joe Biden announced new state leaders to USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Rural Development offices and Cathy Burns will become the singular CEO of the International Fresh Produce Association.
Farmers will be banned from applying chlorpyrifos to food crops starting Monday unless farm groups can persuade an appeals court to intervene, and experts say many growers lack reliable alternatives for controlling insect pests.