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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2017 – Robert Lighthizer is one step closer to becoming the next United States Trade Representative after the Senate Finance Committee approved his nomination on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2017 – Sonny Perdue, who has promised to be a forceful advocate for farmers within the Trump administration, is set to take over as the 31st agriculture secretary on Tuesday after easily winning Senate confirmation, 87-11.
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2017 – EPA grant money used for a clean water campaign targeting farmers was spent properly, the agency’s Office of Inspector General concluded in a report released today.
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2017 - Sonny Perdue finally takes the reins of the Agriculture Department this week, and farm groups will get a meeting with President Trump to talk about their concerns.
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2017 - Three agribusinesses have asked the Interior and Commerce departments to stop analyzing the effects of three widely used organophosphate insecticides on endangered species, arguing that EPA evaluations provided to the agencies have overstated the risks of the chemicals to wildlife and that the process used by federal agencies to analyze the risks of pesticides to endangered species is deeply flawed.
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 20, 2017 – The small town of Wever in southeast Iowa is now home to the first start-from-scratch nitrogen fertilizer plant built in the U.S. in more than 25 years. Iowa Fertilizer Co. (IFCO) officially began production at the plant Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017 - USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has favorably reviewed a permit application to release genetically engineered diamondback moths in New York as a way of reducing populations of the pest, which causes significant damage to cabbage and related vegetable crops annually.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- A father-and-son team whose salmonella-tainted eggs sickened nearly 2,000 people in 2010 are hoping the Supreme Court will decide that their company crimes do not warrant prison time.
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- A mounting wave of new genetics technology is on its way, promising improved health and growth to farm animals, along with improved management tools and profits to livestock owners.
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