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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Rural Internet providers contributed $24.1 billion to state economies in 2015 benefits realized not only in the rural areas where broadband was deployed, but in urban areas too, according to a new report by the Hudson Institute.
- A Senate bill that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration is proving to be an example of legislation that might not scream agriculture, but could still have a big impact on rural America.
There are many different kinds of agricultural cooperatives that produce everything from milk to sugar, but the Ag Data Coalition (ADC) is leading the way for a whole new kind of operation: a farm data co-op.
The end of chlorpyrifos on farms? Not yet. An epidemiological study that linked chlorpyrifos exposure to neurodevelopmental effects in children may not be enough to support EPAs proposed revocation of tolerances for the widely used organophosphate insecticide.
U.S. trade negotiators are in New York City this week for a round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP), hoping to make progress on a trade agreement
Farmers in the U.S. and around the world are going to be especially challenged to feed urban centers as the world population surges, according to a new report on global food security from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Army Corps of Engineers, Central Valley, Chairman Pat Roberts, Jim Mulhern, Jean Halloran, Debbie Stabenow, Agriculture Risk Coverage, Margin Protection Program
The American Soybean Association is touting a new study that finds a lack of nectar sources, habitat fragmentation, and changing weather patterns are the primary contributors to a decline in monarch butterfly populations.
National Farmers Union, Representative Rick Nolan, President Roger Johnson, Darci Vetter, Translantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Trans-Pacific Partnership, food prices, Kansas City Fed, Vietnam, Catfish
House Republicans are looking to move an overhaul of child nutrition programs against stiff Democratic resistance, while the Senate GOP plots a more bipartisan authorization bill for waterway projects.
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