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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Scott Hutchins, the global leader of integrated field sciences for Corteva Agriscience, will be nominated by President Donald Trump to be USDA’s undersecretary for research, education and economics.
The Department of Agriculture is making available just under $2 billion for producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 in a new program officially launching today.
The Food and Drug Administration said at a public meeting today that it has the expertise to address the regulatory challenges posed by the young but fast-growing industry of cell-cultured animal products.
A meeting scheduled by the Food and Drug Administration next week will offer a window into the debate over who should regulate the fast-growing lab-grown meat industry, which uses animal cells to produce meat grown outside the animals.
A plan announced today by the Trump administration would shift Department of Agriculture programs to different government agencies, dramatically shrinking the size and scope of the department.