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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a range of mitigation measures to protect 27 endangered species the agency says are “particularly vulnerable” to the effects of pesticides.
The Senate Finance Committee used a hearing Thursday to highlight the fact that Brazilian packers are producing beef from cattle raised illegally on land once made up of lush Amazon jungle, and some of the beef from those animals may end up in the U.S. market, competing with U.S.-raised product.
USDA has tentatively chosen 50 projects to receive $300 million designed to “help improve access to land, capital, and markets for underserved farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners,” the department said Thursday.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation today to ensure the government keeps using U.S. commodities to provide food aid around the world. About half the funds for the Food for Peace program are currently used to purchase and deliver U.S. farm goods.
The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Wednesday to restore automatic protections for species listed as “threatened," as the Biden administration moved to roll back a Trump-era overhaul of the way the Endangered Species Act is implemented.
NeEPA on Wednesday announced Renewable Volume Obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2023-2025, bumping the overall blending in 2023 but trimming the mandates for 2024 and 2025 from what the agency proposed in December.
A European Commission (EC) draft proposal could lead to a loosening of regulations long criticized by plant breeders as inhospitable to new genetic engineering techniques such as gene editing.
Some electric tractors have hit the U.S. market, but it's not yet certain which federal incentive will be available to farmers looking to defray the high cost of the new machines.
HotHog, a smartphone application developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and a team of university scientists, analyzes levels of heat stress hogs might be facing and recommends corresponding cooling measures.
The United States Department of Agriculture is spending National Pollinator Week, taking place June 19-25, recognizing the role pollinators play in American agriculture as it promotes pollinator health and research.