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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
USDA researchers have confirmed the absence in the commercial pork supply of trichinella, a parasitic worm "that once posed a major food safety risk,” the department’s Agricultural Research Service said Friday.
Republican members of the House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party are raising concerns about the Agriculture Department’s quick approval of a variety of genetically modified soybeans developed by Chinese company Qi Biodesign.
North Carolina Republican Rep. David Rouzer says the Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule could be vulnerable due to the Supreme Court’s recent overruling of the Chevron doctrine, which had given federal agencies authority interpret the laws passed by Congress.
Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are posing a significant threat to Western U.S. agriculture, causing considerable damage to rangelands and forage. The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that these pests result in $318 million in crop losses annually.
Another case of avian flu has been identified in a person in Colorado, the fourth such case associated with the H5N1 virus that has infected herds in 12 states.
The Agriculture Department's inspections of avocados and mangoes in Mexico’s largest avocado-producing state will resume following an attack on U.S. employees earlier this month.
The United States has paused inspections of avocados and mangos from Michoacán, Mexico, after two USDA employees were assaulted and temporarily held captive during field inspections, according to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
USDA is re-emphasizing the importance of biosecurity on dairy farms in light of reports identifying a variety of ways the H5N1 virus can infect dairy herds and nearby poultry operations, including the movement of animals and people, and the sharing of vehicles and equipment.
House Republicans are scaling back their ambitions when it comes to slashing spending at USDA. The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee today will take up a draft spending bill for fiscal 2025 that would reduce total funding for USDA, FDA and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission by just over 1%.
The Food and Drug Administration’s reorganization to create a unified Human Food Program has received approval from the Department of Health and Human Services and will go into effect Oct. 1.
