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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue pleads for support for a not very popular House guest-worker bill while the Trump administration ponders its own executive fixes to current H-2A farmworker program.
With participation lagging, the National Agricultural Statistics Service is redoubling its efforts to encourage farmers and ranchers to answer questions for the 2017 Agricultural Census.
Is that imported food you're buying for your family safe? FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says his agency is taking steps to make sure those foods meet the same safety standards as those in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2017 - The House plans to finish work this week on a giant, eight-bill appropriations measure as lawmakers look to set up negotiations with the Senate on a fiscal 2018 budget agreement.
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - USDA is moving decisively but cautiously to fulfill President Trump’s challenging directive to eliminate two regulations for every new one it issues.
EPA will extend the deadline to meet requirements of its new farmworker protection standard until guidance and training materials are ready to help state agencies implement the changes.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Environmental groups are continuing to press their case for a ban of chlorpyrifos, arguing that EPA’s decision last week to allow continued use of the insecticide did not comply with a court order.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - State agencies that are beginning to implement new produce safety and other standards required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will need a lot more money in fiscal 2018...
