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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Leaders from the United Soybean Board, American Lung Association and vehicle fleets celebrated the implementation of educational curriculum as part of the inaugural National Bioproducts Day.
Farms may be required to pay higher wages to some foreign workers under changes the Labor Department has finalized in the way that H-2A minimum pay rates are calculated.
Specialty crop producers are looking to the next farm bill to expand crop insurance options and provide increased funding to address a number of challenges facing the sector, including needs for automation and development of new, safer pesticides.
The National Pork Producers Council's first quarter economic update says labor and input costs will weigh on industry margins even as production is expected to expand this year.
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by Tyson Foods that sought to have a case brought on behalf of four workers who died of COVID-19 heard in federal court.
A sanitation company tasked with cleaning meatpacking plants for Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and five other companies has agreed to pay $1.5 million in penalties for employing at least 102 children in hazardous jobs, the Labor Department says.
A federal judge has declined to set aside the Biden administration’s H-2A rule issued last year, rejecting a request for a preliminary injunction sought by the National Council of Agricultural Employers.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to reinstate protections for farmworkers exposed to pesticides, officially dumping a 2020 Trump administration rule that went into effect briefly before the Biden administration took office.
“The escalating cost of doing business in California” has driven Smithfield Foods to close their Farmer John processing plant in Vernon, California, this month.
Commissioner Franz is advocating for legislation that would add the Washington State DNR to the list of non-profit and private businesses that can pursue carbon offset projects and sell carbon credits.