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In this opinion piece, Stephen Sothmann, Partner at DTB AgriTrade LLP, and Bill Westman, Executive Director of Meat Import Council of America (MICA), discuss the potentially harmful effects of blocking USDA's decision to allow imports of fresh beef from Paraguay and the potential impact on other agricultural trade commitments.

In this opinion piece, Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, pushes for the FDA to modernize with the times on animal feed amendments while highlighting how these innovations yield substantial benefits for farmers and consumers.

In this opinion piece, Sid Miller, Texas Agricultural Commissioner, argues that the bird flu response he's leading illustrates why he opposes the current Republican-led effort to override state authority in the Farm Bill.

In this opinion piece, Marshall Matz, Senior Counsel at OFW Law in Washington, D.C., announces the celebration of WIC's five decades of successful services to a large population of participants and the nation's public health infrastructure.

In this opinion piece, Ken Nobis, a dairy farmer from Michigan, unveils the effects of the bird flu outbreak on dairy farms across the country while urging the U.S. to increase funding in the next farm bill for scientific research and innovation to help prevent future virus distribution and human transmission.

In this opinion piece, Jamie Saxon, head of sustainability for Inari, discusses the promise and hope of ag innovation at a moment when the dual pressures of climate change and food insecurity can seem insurmountable.

In this opinion piece, Ranking Member David Scott discusses the current Democratic position on farm bill negotiations and makes the case for a bipartisan farm bill.
 

In this opinion piece, Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, makes a case for swift FDA implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labeling and its potential to reduce healthcare costs while increasing healthier choices and products from consumers and manufacturers.

In this opinion piece, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson explains how he plans to prescribe a cost-neutral process to make changes in the Thrifty Food Plan in a new farm bill that will be developed by his committee before Memorial Day.

In this opinion piece, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith, criticizes the Biden Administration's trade strategy and the effects it has on ag exports and American farmers.