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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
American politics will change drastically over the next two generations as the share of non-Hispanic white voters continues to shrink, according to authors of a report produced by three leading Washington think tanks.
The National Young Farmers Coalition announced the introduction of a bill in the House today that would encourage young people to take up farming as a career by reducing the burden of their federally backed college loans.
When commodity prices were hitting record highs a couple of years ago, farm bill critics often made the case that it was finally time to make deep spending cuts or eliminate farm subsidies altogether
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization that recently categorized the herbicide glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans, plans to release its reviews of more pesticides used in agriculture this month.
Not everyone who graced the stage at the Iowa State Fairgrounds was asked the same question, but moderator Bruce Rastetter did a great job making sure they responded to several key issues, while limiting each one to about 20 minutes. HereÐs an overview of how they answered.
Next week, the congressional budget committees are expected to take up resolutions laying out tax and spending plans aimed at reducing the federal budget deficit.
Fast-food giant McDonaldÐs has announced a new antibiotics policy for its chicken, a move seen by some as a way to compete with the sustainability and health rhetoric being used by some of its higher-end competitors in the quick-serve space.
While winter storms during the first week of March brought much-needed rain and snow to parts of the Southwest, they werenÐt enough to improve drought conditions for most producers in the nationÐs leading farm state, California.
During a recent meeting of the National Research Council, which is conducting a study examining genetically engineered (GE) crops and food, an Environmental Protection Agency official described the agencyÐs new precautions for Dow AgroScienceÐs Enlist Duo product, the
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