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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has repeatedly downplayed the importance of the North American Free Trade Agreement to the U.S. and that’s prompted farm-state senators to try to persuade him otherwise.
While tax reform dominates the discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S. agriculture must not allow its focus to be diverted from the equally important issue of agricultural trade.
A powerful group of Republican and Democratic House and Senate members is launching a new attack on the USDA program that regulates sugar production and protects farmers from price fluctuations.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2017 – Controversial nominee Sam Clovis is no longer under consideration for a USDA undersecretary position. He withdrew his name from consideration in a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - The U.S. farming sector is quickly losing confidence that the Trump administration is looking out for farmers' interests as it negotiates a new North American Free Trade Agreement.
The recent Borlaug Dialogue and World Food Prize given to Dr. Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, focused on the importance of helping the continent become self-sufficient in food production.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - Two organizations that control the licensing of much of the foundational CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing intellectual property for use in agriculture decided to work together to make these tools available non-exclusively, removing roadblocks to expanded use of this technology.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Organic farming advocates, including the Organic Trade Association (OTA), organic grain distributors and university extension programs, are taking steps to reduce organic fraud, including new traceability methods, and create a more robust U.S. organic grain supply.
