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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 09, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2016 - USDA announced today that it is allowing an extra 200,000 short tons of cane sugar imports to satisfy the demand of food companies that are shunning beet sugar because it is produced mostly from genetically modified seeds.
In a sweeping new study of agricultural biotechnology, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine affirmed the safety of genetically engineered crops that are now on the market, rejecting claims that have linked GMOs to cancer and other maladies.
Chairman Mike Conaway, Representative Collin Peterson, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Chairman Jerry Moran, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Debbie Stabenow
"Glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet," a World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization panel has concluded.
Senate appropriators will step up pressure on the Agriculture Department to back off from tightening regulations for convenience stores that accept food stamps, and there al-so could be a fight this week over proposed new restrictions for organic livestock opera-tions.
Senate Appropriations Committee, GMO Labeling Bill, Senator Debbie Stabenow, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, Donald Trump, Representative Steve Chabot, Representative Jeb Hensarling, Representiative Candice Miller
As the debate continues over whether or not foods containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) should be labeled with a federal standard, more and more marketers are trying to promote their products as non-GMO even if they contain no GMO ingredients or if a GMO versi
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2016 - A lawsuit challenging EPA0s regulation of neonicotinoid-treated seeds will proceed following a federal judge0s rejection of EPA0s motion to dismiss the case.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2016 - House Agriculture Committee leaders want to know why EPA posted ° and then removed from its online regulatory dockets ° risk assessments on two widely used but controversial herbicides.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, Chairman Mike Conaway, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, Senator Pat Roberts, Donald Trump, Energy-Water Spending Bill, National Grain and Feed Association, Senator John Hoeven, Bureau of Reclamation
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