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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Congressional leaders gave a frigid reception to President Obamas budget proposal for USDA, which includes a recycled plan to save more than $1 billion on crop insurance in fiscal 2017.
As the Obama Administration nears the finish line after eight years, federal agencies are working to flesh out congressional intent in the 2014 farm bill, and proposing, finalizing and implementing a host of environmental, worker safety and other regulations that will affect the fa
The Agriculture Department has formally launched what would be the most far-reaching overhaul of its biotechnology regulations since they were first developed decades ago.
President Barack Obama has taken some major steps to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, notably by imposing carbon limits on electric utilities and by increasing fuel efficiency requirements for cars and trucks. Now, hes proposing another big step that he cant do
Gigantic market opportunities in the production of organic livestock feed and forage await both American organic producers ready to expand and conventional ones willing to try organic farming.
Like all commodity groups, the sorghum industry is always looking to gain access and increase its footprint in a variety of markets. However, some sorghum producers are making a run at a particular untapped source of demand: the supermarket.
According to a spokeswoman
USDAs Food Safety Inspection Service is now willing to consider setting up a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program for beef and pork after Congress abolished the mandatory law in December, but it could be more than a year before the agency makes a decision, according t
The food industry, which is lobbying Congress to preempt state biotech labeling laws, is assuring Democratic senators that a smartphone-based system can provide all consumers, including the poor, the information they want about product ingredients.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2016 President Barack Obama laid out his budget plan for next year on Tuesday, including his bid to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million a level thats only been met a few times in the programs 51-year
Monsanto has agreed to pay an $80 million penalty and retain an independent compliance consultant to settle charges that it violated accounting rules and misstated company earnings as it pertained to its flagship product Roundup, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.
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