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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
While American wheat growers finish weaving their Wheat Action Plan to improve their crops profitability and encourage more planting, the big chill in U.S. production isnt abating.
The amount of land planted to genetically engineered crops fell last year for the first time ever, as slumping prices for corn and cotton encouraged U.S. farmers to plant alternative, non-biotech crops such as sorghum, according to an annual global survey.
The 2014 farm bills Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion (YE) is available for the first time ever for winter wheat farmers, and its turning out to be a popular crop insurance program, according to officials and preliminary internal USDA data.
Companies that want to bring a new crop protection product to market will have to spend $286 million in research and development and 11 years to ensure the highest safety and efficacy standards, according to a new report released today by CropLife International, CropLife Am
Lawmakers are advancing spending bills that seek to boost acceptance of GMOs, fight agricultural pests and boost spending on waterways critical for exports of farm commodities.
House Appropriations subcommittees on Thursday approved an Agriculture spending bill to fund the Agricu
The general public typically views the oil and gas industry as a bunch of big companies charging too much for a gallon of gasoline, said House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway as he opened a committee hearing on the impacts of oil and gas production on the rural economy. But t
Peabody Energy, the largest private-sector coal company in the world, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to strengthen liquidity and reduce debt amid an unprecedented industry downturn, the corporation said on Wednesday.
Nutrition experts at this years Food Policy Conference sponsored by the Consumer Federation of America agreed that far too many Americans fail to eat a healthy diet and placed part of the blame on journalists.
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