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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Don`t burn those french fries. And keep those cookies light brown. Those are two messages from the Food and Drug Administration`s final guidance on how to reduce levels of acrylamide in food.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2016 Waterways Council Inc. says it will advocate for improvements to the nations inland waterway infrastructure in 2016, starting with asking for an increase to what the groups CEO calls the most disappointing budget to date.
After 24 years of federal protection, the Louisiana black bear - the inspiration for the teddy bear - will be delisted under the Endangered Species Act.
The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Cattlemens Beef Association have asked a federal court to stop federal land use management plans that would prohibit grazing on millions of acres of federal lands to provide habitat for the greater sage grouse.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack promised today that government lawyers will involve pork industry leaders in discussions that could lead to settlement of a suit by the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) that could negate an agreement between two pork producer groups over the use o
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz spelled out the Obama administrationðs contested energy policy priorities in a series of congressional hearings that began last week and continue this week
Pew Charitable Trusts released a scathing report Tuesday on a USDA system designed to identify environmental contaminants, veterinary drugs, and pesticides in livestock and poultry that produce food for human consumption.
A diverse group of conservationists and sportsmen came to Washington, D.C., last week to sell a $1.3 billion funding plan they say will help states bolster wildlife populations and avoid expensive Endangered Species Act listings.
Oil prices rallied earlier this week as many analysts expected declines in oil drilling would shrink global supplies, but the upswing didn t last long.
In their continued effort to expand the use of renewable fuels, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey announced Tuesday that $2.5 million has been awarded through the second round of the Fueling Our Future 100
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