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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
The Treasury Department on Friday released guidance on a new tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel that will allow agricultural commodities to qualify as SAF feedstocks under an updated version of the Energy Department’s relatively ag-friendly model for calculating the carbon intensity of biofuels, administration officials say.
The U.S. agricultural industry had a successful sojourn in Dubai, with dozens of industry and government officials bringing the message that farmers can address climate change using a “climate-smart” approach that does not sacrifice production.
Global demand requires that the world add more than 20 million acres to crop production over the next five years, agricultural economist Dan Basse told attendees of the American Seed Trade Association’s annual field crop convention in Orlando Wednesday.
USDA has joined the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration in proposing a draft strategy to reduce food loss and waste, with the intention of carrying out the plan in 2024.
Food Foresight, an issue anticipation system evolving from our 30 years of work with the agri-food chain, is a collaboration of Nuffer, Smith, Tucker and the California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research at the Davis campus
The GOP-controlled House on Thursday advanced a bill that would eliminate states' ability to ban the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines under the Clean Air Act.
Abnormally high temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean this summer have increased the chances of storms that could develop into hurricanes this year, researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last week in an analysis that also predicted El Nino likely would continue through the winter.
With record-breaking temperatures continuing nationwide, the Labor Department has issued its first-ever hazard alert for heat and plans to step up enforcement in agriculture and construction, which are considered high-risk industries.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s budget would be slashed to its lowest level since 1991 in a spending bill approved by the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee Wednesday.
