We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Terms and Cookie Policy
Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - House and Senate committees are busily debating energy policy options that include boosting support for coal, carbon capture and storage, using more wind and solar power, addressing climate change, and the federal energy research programs threatened by steep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
MONHEIM, Germany, Sept. 19, 2017 – The proposed merger between Bayer and Monsanto will need a little more time to finalize, but Bayer executives remain optimistic about what could lie ahead for the new company.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - Iowa’s Environmental Protection Commission has rejected a petition to strengthen factory farm siting requirements, saying it’s a job for state legislators.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended shrinking the size of four land-based national monuments and “prioritizing” public access at a total of 10 monuments, in a review of 27 monuments he delivered to President Trump last month.
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2017 - Governors of Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania last week voted in favor of a resolution to issue draft regulations permanently banning hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas in the Delaware River Basin.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2017 – Despite numerous efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition around the globe, the number of people hungry is rising for the first time in more than a decade, says a new United Nations report.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2017—Florida citrus growers have a lot on their hands – literally –
as they begin to pick up the pieces from the devastation of hurricane Irma.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2017 – The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) today announced a $15 million contribution – its biggest grant to date – to a five-year, $45-million research project at the University of Illinois that is already promising to boost crop yields 20 percent by improving photosynthetic efficiency.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2017 - The Arkansas State Plant Board will consider an April 15 cutoff date for dicamba use in the state next year, as recommended in a task force report submitted Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2017 – Hurricane Irma has devastated sugar cane and citrus crops in Florida and potentially spread citrus diseases such as canker and black spot from quarantined fields to healthy ones.
RSS
