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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 – A court ruling significantly expands the number of animal feeding operations that will have to report air emissions from animal waste.
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 – The Department of Agriculture will delay implementation of a controversial rule in the meat and livestock sector and give the new administration more time to think it over.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2017 – After his state was shorted in recent enrollment of Conservation Reserve Program contracts, South Dakota Sen. John Thune is suggesting the next farm bill give the program a higher acreage cap and more flexibility.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 – The Senate will vote April 24 on the confirmation of Sonny Perdue as agriculture secretary after lawmakers return from their upcoming two-week Easter recess.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Environmental groups are continuing to press their case for a ban of chlorpyrifos, arguing that EPA’s decision last week to allow continued use of the insecticide did not comply with a court order.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 – Capitol Hill appropriators received a pair of letters Wednesday outlining funding priorities for conservation and waterway infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 – The U.S. dairy industry is asking the Trump administration to get tough with Canada. The National Milk Producers Federation, the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association today urged the White House to take action against Canada for “slamming the door to American dairy exports in violation of existing trade commitments between the two nations.”
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - The nation’s beef and pork producers are finding a different political environment when they come to Washington, and they aren’t complaining.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - The director of agricultural development for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says the U.S. and other developed countries need to continue to support agricultural research if farmers are to meet the demand for food from a burgeoning world population.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Savvy Cargill observers have watched the historically press-sensitive private company steadily gain a more public and media-friendly presence in recent years.
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