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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 31, 2025
A federal district court in Minnesota has ordered the EPA not to release farmersP and ranchersP personal information while the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) appeal the courtPs dismissal of their lawsuit seeking to
USDA announced $30 million in funding for 22 projects aimed at fighting citrus greening disease, which is devastating groves in Florida and threatening the U.S. citrus industry.
Nearly one-third of the Senate is urging the Obama administration to finalize the annual usage mandates for renewable fuels, saying the delay has slowed production of biodiesel.
House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan says the U.S. should complete a Trans-Pacific Partnership -- a trade agreement with Pacific Rim nations --without the participation of countries who think U.S. standards in the negotiations are too high.
Californiaps three largest dairy cooperatives are asking USDA to allow milk producers in the state to begin operating under a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO), which provides dairy prices for milk based on market prices.
As another winter grips the country, the plight of abandoned horses, often old and sick, and wild steeds roaming the West's public lands isn't likely to improve soon, say sources with animal welfare and horse organizations.
Mississippi Rep. Alan Nunnelee, a member of the House Appropriations subcommittee that writes spending bills for the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration, has died after nearly a battle with brain cancer.
The Agriculture Department could put critical wildlife habitat at risk across the upper Midwest by changing the way it maps wetlands in four states, according to conservation groups and an association of state wildlife agencies.
Obama administration officials rejected Republican claims that they re seeking free rein to expand the reach of the Clean Water Act, but admitted a proposed rule had led to widespread confusion about what streams, ditches and other features could be regulated.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided an update on implementation of the 2014 farm bill, signed by President Obama almost one year ago, saying that the legislation has provided investments that are creating jobs, driving long-term economic growth and helping rural communities&
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