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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
Production agriculture has not been front and center in either party's presidential campaigns this year, but a recent meeting with farm groups may start to elevate the industry's importance in the future.
The Senate Agriculture Committee�s compromise on GMO labeling passed a key test Wednesday evening when the Senate voted 68-29 to take up the legislation over the objections of Democratic critics.
The oil and gas industry joined livestock producers and Western state governors in challenging a Bureau of Land Management proposal to overhaul the way it develops regional resource management plans
The lack of guidance to accompany sage-grouse management plans in 10 Western states is creating uncertainty among ranchers, energy companies and other resource users, Republican senators said at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.
The American Farm Bureau Federation and its Utah affiliate are asking a federal court in Utah to toss out a host of what they say are illegal land-use restrictions hampering ranchers in Western states.
Supporters of the Senate s compromise on biotech labeling are confident it will have the 60 votes necessary to pass the Senate but that action may not come until next week. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders confirmed to Agri-Pulse that he has put a hold on the bill, which complicates
Congress is poised to write into law controversial new ways of delivering food aid while also cementing the cornerstone of President Obama�s legacy in international development � the Feed the Future initiative.
Mike Steenhoek says the opening of the expanded Panama Canal last weekend has the potential to have a �substantial and long-lasting impact on the global economy, including U.S. agriculture.�
The U.S. government is trying to renegotiate an import agreement with Mexico in order to staunch a flow of sugar into the U.S. that�s hurting U.S. refiners, sources tell Agri-Pulse.
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