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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s broad measure of global food commodity prices was unchanged in June, although vegetable oil prices rose 3.1%, driven in part by strong biofuel demand.
Another case of avian flu has been identified in a person in Colorado, the fourth such case associated with the H5N1 virus that has infected herds in 12 states.
Lawmakers want states and the Agriculture Department to do more to cut error rates in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administration and are using the farm bill to take action.
Rural schools and county governments are struggling to parse out their budgets next year amid the looming expiration of federal funding meant to help offset the loss of their tax revenue from public lands.
The monthly Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer reported a five-point decline in farmer sentiment in June, three points lower than in May.
Worker layoffs in Iowa agribusiness have extended to the meat processing industry with Smithfield Foods' closure of its ham boning facility at Altoona, and intensified in farm equipment manufacturing, as John Deere cut another 300 jobs.
Farmers can afford to implement a new heat standard, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in an analysis of a proposed rule that shows annual costs for most farming operations would be less than 1% of revenue.
Both dairy producers and processors scored wins in a long-awaited proposal USDA to overhaul federal milk pricing in line with changes in industry practices and market conditions.