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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, January 06, 2025
EPA officials heard from all sides of the Renewable Fuel Standard debate on Thursday, and one thing is certain: No one is content with the most recent proposal as it is currently written.
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2016 - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should go through a public rulemaking process before imposing new Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations on fertilizer dealers who handle anhydrous ammonia, a committee report accompanying a
The U.S. will export 1.9 billion bushels of corn in the year starting sept. 1, up 50 million bushels from the May forecast, USDA said today in a monthly report, as late-season heat has damaged the crop in Brazil and Argentina�s harvest has suffere
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee said they were making �good progress� toward an agreement on labeling biotech foods but still had several issues to resolve.
Aides to the committee met until 10:30 p.m. Thursday and continue
There are signs of progress in the search for a congressional agreement on biotech labeling. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, ranking Democrat Debbie Stabenow and their aides met off the Senate floor yesterday to work through differences over a bill that would preempt state biotech
While fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is at an all-time low, Republican lawmakers complained sharply during a three-hour hearing Thursday that USDA needs to do a better job of combating it and said states should get more control over the initiative formerly known
Public and private skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) should soon be able to provide more and better telemedical services after the Senate gave final congressional approval to the Rural Health Care Connectivity Act.
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2016 FDAs food recall process does not adequately protect public health, the Inspector General for the Health and Human Services Department has determined.
The battle over U.S. energy policy is intensifying as Congress struggles to reconcile the two very different energy bills passed by the House and Senate.
The North American Energy Collaboration, comprising Canada, Mexico and the U.S., is making progress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says. At last week s Clean Energy Ministerial and inaugural Mission Innovation Ministerial in San Francisco,
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