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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Democrat leaders said they should use their power to protect their interests during 2023 farm bill discussions or hold out for an improved political makeup to pass the next farm bill.
U.S. farmers understand that the outcome of the dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over Mexico’s attempt to block imports of genetically modified corn could set a precedent that will be key for trade with other countries around the world, U.S. Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator Doug McKalip said Thursday.
Members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party have proposed a bill that would to expand the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.'s jurisdiction over land purchases and require the panel to take food security into account in its reviews.
A group of House Democrats who are carrying out a review of farm bill programs separate from the House Ag Committee are holding a roundtable today on Capitol Hill.
It’s looking like Brazil will export more corn than the U.S. in the current and next marketing year, according to USDA forecasts, but sustainability, environmental and economic issues may soon pose problems for the South American ag powerhouse, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the National Corn Growers Association.
All levels of government need better tools to predict the location and timing of wildfires, which destroy property but also cause health problems for firefighters and the public, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee heard Wednesday.
A new Agriculture Department report projects the nation’s corn producers will still be able to top 15 billion bushels of nationwide production even as stretches of the heartland face dry weather that will lower yields.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is announcing plans today for a Soil Carbon Monitoring and Research Network that will be created as part of a $300 million investment by USDA in carbon measurement and verification.