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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Jeb Bush, forced to address two landmines that face his potential presidential candidacy in Iowa, said ethanol and wind power should ultimately stand on their own and called for giving undocumented workers a path to legal status.
Kicking off an historic, agriculture-focused test of presidential candidates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed the Obama administrationÐs regulatory policy and inaction on biofuel mandates, key concerns for Iowa agriculture, but he endorsed keeping the trade emba
Top presidential economic advisers from both parties going back to Gerald Ford are calling on Congress to give President Obama fast-track negotiating authority.
In the letter, the 14 economists also argue against using trade a
Workers recruited from Mexico and other countries to temporarily work on farms and in the food industry need better protection from recruiters who charge hefty, prohibited fees and lie about jobs, according to investigators.
A strain of avian influenza that is highly pathogenic has confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in Minnesota, marking the first finding of the H5N2 virus in the Mississippi flyway, the Agriculture Department says.
EPA chief Gina McCarthy went before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today to defend her agency&#-15440;s $8.6 billion budget request, an appearance that one senator said she probably thinks of as a &#-15440;dental appointment.&&
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is standing by a proposal to de-list the gray wolf as an endangered species, but shes coming under pressure from House Democrats to keep the animal under protection.
The number of farm to school programs in the U.S. increased 430 percent between 2006 and 2012, according to report released by the National Farm to School Network (NFSN).
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