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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Interested parties have about two-and-a-half weeks to offer input on the best approaches for the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program’s request for applications.
A crop insurance policy that was supposed to ensure cotton growers could make do without traditional commodity programs never fulfilled its promise after hitting the market in 2015. But amid sky-high market prices and input costs this year, southern farmers say buying the policy is looking more and more like a no-brainer.
Producers, lawmakers, and administration staffers all agree on the benefits of the technical assistance provided by Agriculture Department conservation officials. The only issue is getting the funding – and the people – to make it happen.
Now that all eggs sold in California must come from hens living in cage-free barns, the industry is watching to see when, or whether, the investment required to meet the requirements pays off. California shoppers, meanwhile, are paying higher prices for eggs.
California law professors and former state officials have presented lawmakers with tips for updating water laws to account for drought and climate change.
The Senate will vote this week on a new commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration and will likely extend Friday’s deadline for keeping the government funded, clearing the way for negotiators to finalize a government-wide, fiscal 2022 spending bill.