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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
USDA is spending $110 million to expand meat processing through more than 50 grants for projects in 30 states, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday.
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.
Farmers can afford to implement a new heat standard, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in an analysis of a proposed rule that shows annual costs for most farming operations would be less than 1% of revenue.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing a heat standard that would require employers to develop plans for protecting workers from excessive temperatures such as those sweeping the U.S. this week.
Members of the House Agriculture Committee heard from a meat processing industry representative and a labor law expert Wednesday in a closed meeting on the use of child labor in meatpacking plants.
John Deere's closure of facilities has affected many Corn Belt communities in Illinois and Iowa. CNH Industrial and Bridgestone-Firestone Ag have added to the list of close plants.
USDA is awarding $50 million to farms, ranches, labor contractors and other entities to hire and retain farmworkers, including by encouraging the legal import of laborers from Central America.
The Food and Drug Administration said it's taking action to address its handling of potential infant formular contamination, responding to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general that found FDA’s response to the 2022 crisis was woefully deficient.
House Republicans step up their latest effort to cut domestic, non-defense programs this week as they release the fiscal 2024 spending bill to fund the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration.