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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2017 - Senate appropriators have agreed to provide significant new assistance to cotton and dairy producers, potentially resolving a major challenge facing lawmakers as they consider writing a new farm bill.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, July 12, 2017 - The French food group Danone has agreed to sell Stonyfield Farm, its U.S.-based dairy business, to Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy products group, for $875 million.
WISCONSIN, June 21, 2017 - A federal judge in Wisconsin has ordered international dairy conglomerate Arla Foods to halt its new $30 million ‘Live Unprocessed’ ad campaign.
EUROPE, June 21, 2017 - Food companies that sell products labelled “soya milk” or “tofu butter” in the EU must rebrand their items or face potential legal action,
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 – The U.S. and China have come to an agreement that the U.S. Dairy Export Council says will pave the way for substantially increasing U.S. dairy exports.
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2017 - When it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) there is a consensus among wheat, corn, rice, dairy, pork, beef, sorghum and other producers ...
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2017 - Two veterans of national regulations affecting agriculture told a dairy industry conference this week not to count on a quick end to unhelpful rules affecting the farm sector.
CANADA, June 7, 2017 - Even with its strict production quotas and guaranteed high milk prices, dairy farms in Canada are disappearing at a rate not far below what is happening in the United States.
WASHINGTON, June 5, 2017 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today said he made it clear to Canada that the Trump administration wants the country to drop key trade barriers to U.S. dairy and wheat.
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue this week makes his first appearance before lawmakers since taking office, and he’s expected to defend his department’s reorganization plan that includes eliminating the undersecretary for rural development.
