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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
China, the worldps largest rice producer and importer, has agreed to open its market to U.S. exporters after years of negotiations between the two governments, the USA Rice Federation announced Friday.
The Department of Agriculture has announced additional revisions to its highly pathogenic avian influenza response after the first outbreak of the disease in seven months was detected last week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2016 - Six senators have asked the Grocery Manufacturers Association to explain how shoppers without smartphones will be able to use the so-called SmartLabel initiative GMA has proposed to get information about the food theypre buying.
Looking for a quick overview on the issues that you need to know as you start your day? The Agri-Pulse editorial team plans to deliver a new electronic product called Daybreak, starting Monday Jan. 25.
Monsanto has fired a pre-emptive strike in an attempt to stop the state of California from adding glyphosate, aka Roundup, to its list of chemicals "known . . . to cause cancer."
A bipartisan agreement to end the years-long fight over school nutrition standards and expand summer feeding efforts is on what its authors hope is a fast track to becoming law.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the five-year Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Ac
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are seeking nominees for a committee that will examine the scientific needs of regulatory agencies as the use of biotechnology continues to grow.
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden, who led the implementation of the 2014 farm bill, says she�s leaving USDA at the end of February. Michael Scuse, the current under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, has been tapped as acting depu
John Clifford, who has served as the Department of Agriculture�s chief veterinarian for the last 12 years, will be taking a new job at the end of March, according to an announcement sent to stakeholders Thursday afternoon.