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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today announced the Democratic members who will serve on the Agriculture Committee during the 112th Congress.
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Jim Miller announced Tuesday that he offered his resignation and that “Secretary Vilsack has accepted.â€
The Washington week ahead is busy, with Chinese President Hu Jintao here for a state visit with President Obama and the House voting on repealing the Obama health care law.
Environmental Protection Agency memos dating back to 2003 suggest EPA and USDA may have downplayed warnings from EPA scientists about the impact of certain pesticides on bee colonies, possibly linking clothianidin to honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder.
National Farmers Union welcomed President Obama's decision to ease restrictions on travel, remittances, and charter flights to Cuba but called for ending trade ban to boost US agricultural exports.
The House Agriculture Committee joined the “coexistence†debate Friday over whether the Agriculture Department should place restrictions on Monsanto Roundup Ready alfalfa and other genetically engineered (GE) crops.
U.S. and Japanese officials concluded a two-day meeting of the U.S.-Japan Trade Forum after covering trade issues including U.S. access to Japan’s beef market and automobile market.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and South Korea's Ambassador to the U.S. Han Duk-soo are confident Congress will approve the important U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by July 1.
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announces new rule to raise USDA's National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs up to the 2005 “Dietary Guidelines for Americans†nutrition standards.
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