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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, March 02, 2025
The change comes as meat processor Cargill also announced it will be closing a turkey processing plant in Arkansas, with plans to shift to facilities in Missouri and Virginia.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set today for the second of his two confirmation hearings. This time he’ll be before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Its jurisdiction includes the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates 80% of the food supply.
The world’s largest commodity trader plans to slash about 8,000 of its global 164,000-person workforce as part of a sweeping effort to cut costs and restructure.
Some House Republicans say they hope the farmer fly-ins this week will spur action on a farm bill, although there’s no sign of a breakthrough between the House and Senate, and time is fast running out.
Volatile commodity markets are allowing international agricultural trading companies to rake in big profits in shadowy financial markets even as food insecurity increases in some of the most vulnerable regions of the globe, says a new analysis from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development that calls for regulations to rein in the excesses.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY’S List, to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Joelle Mosso has joined Western Growers as the new associate vice president of science programs.
Challenges facing the ag sector such as climate change, rural flight and shifting economics also bring new opportunities to find solutions that benefit those throughout the entire protein supply chain, Cargill Protein North America President Hans Kabat said at Agri-Pulse’s Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City on Monday.
Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur has been selected to serve as the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s president for 2023-2024. Meanwhile, Mike Schmidt is being detailed to the Senate Ag Committee’s majority staff for Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., as a senior adviser.
