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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2017 – An avid baseball fan, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt used the national pastime to get his message across to cattle ranchers gathered in Washington, D.C., today.
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2017 – The Senate Agriculture Committee easily approved Sonny Perdue’s nomination to become USDA secretary, raising hopes that the former Georgia governor could finally be installed at the Agriculture Department within several weeks.
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Farm incomes continue to drop and producers are having tougher times paying back loans, but the overarching agricultural credit system remains strong and bankers are doing what they can to help borrowers survive.
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Regulations, access to new markets, worker availability and the estate tax: There is no shortage of challenges to the future viability of small family farms...
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Farmers’ and ranchers’ private information will not be available to the public under the terms of a settlement reached between two major farm groups and the Environmental Protection Agency.
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Grain and oilseed growers agree that the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program should be continued in the next farm bill, even if farmers are expected to switch wholesale to Price Loss Coverage (PLC) when the current bill expires
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2017 - Dow Chemical and DuPont are a big step closer to becoming DowDupont after the proposed merger of the companies won conditional approval today from the European Commission.
Several years of low commodity prices are making life difficult on the farm, and small towns across the country face serious challenges to modernize their infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 27, 2017 - Congressional Republicans are trying to pick up the pieces this week after the spectacular failure of their health care reform effort.