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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has notified lawmakers he lacks the legal authority to provide subsidies for cottonseed, a blow to growers reeling from a plunge in global cotton prices. The industry had asked Vilsack to make cottonseed an eligible commodity under the new Price Loss Cover
Democrats stalled a bipartisan energy bill in the Senate until Republicans agree to include aid for the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. A cloture motion that would have moved the Energy Policy Modernization Act toward final passage failed, 46-50, far short of the 60 votes
After months of being courted by Monsanto, Syngenta officials announced today that the global agribusiness company is best suited to marry-up with the state-owned China National Chemical Corp., known as ChemChina, in a deal valued at more than $43 billion in cash.
Trade ministers officially signed off on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but that does not look to be speeding up congressional approval in the United States.
USDA announced Wednesday it will grant $30.1 million to food safety and plant health research that the department says is essential to bolstering Americas farm economy and attracting new farmers to the sector.
The Energy Department (DOE) announced $2.85 million in funding for four projects to advance the development of renewable energy technologies at facilities across the federal government, the nations largest single user of energy. The projects will reduce carbon emissio
Argonne National Laboratory released a study funded by the Energy Departments Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) that examines the potential effects of future biofuel production on freshwater resources in the Missouri River Basin, a region that could play a central role in the
To close the data and communication gaps between regulatory agencies that could delay the permitting process, Georgia Tech's Center for Geographic Information Systems and Strategic Energy Institute partnered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Coastal Resources D
Rep. Steve King can say I told you so after the outcome in the Iowa caucuses. He warned back in January that corn growers and ethanol producers risked a significant defeat for the industry if they publicly opposed Ted Cruz over his position on the Renewable Fuel Standard, a
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