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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20- A coalition of 1,200 organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals sent a request yesterday to the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to maintain agricultural research funding levels during their deficit reduction decisions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted the controversial positions limits rule under the Dodd-Frank Act. The rule, approved yesterday with a 3-2 vote, aims to curb sharp price increases by capping the positions firms can take on certain commodity contracts.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19- The American Soybean Association (ASA), the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) joined in support of a revenue-based risk management program that would replace several parts of the existing farm safety-net, including direct payments.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American agricultural community share a common interest in the environment. The EPA has a mission to safeguard the quality our nation’s air, water and soil and health of our people.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), ranking member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, today testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding flooding conditions in Kansas along the Missouri River.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19— Proposed recommendations of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) are open for public comment at www.ams.usda.gov/nosbsavannah in advance of its fall meeting in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 29 through Dec. 2.
One week after lawmakers failed to find more than 50 Democratic votes in support of the American Jobs Act, S.1660, the White House push is on to break the measure into bite-size pieces and try, try again.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18- Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan is joining the Animal Agriculture Alliance to announce the launch of www.realfarmersrealfood.com, which is part of a campaign to celebrate the work of the nation’s farmers and ranchers.
Leaders of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees sent a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction recommending a $23 billion cut to mandatory spending within the committees’ jurisdiction today, but without providing details on how those cuts should be made.
the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hopes to call attention to the challenges and potential solutions by observing World Food Day
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