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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
The next administration at USDA will face budget, staffing and technology challenges and will need to gear up unusually quickly to assist Congress in writing a new farm bill, according to veterans of the department.
Most American farmers understand the importance of agricultural exports to their farming operations because overseas sales of commodities, food products, animal skins and other products generate roughly 20 percent of U.S. farm income
Dairy lobbyists are going to go on the offensive early next year, pushing lawmakers to pass legislation that would strengthen the Margin Protection Program (MPP) the safety net program they got in the 2014 farm bill.
- Some farm and agribusiness sectors are concerned that USDA is moving forward with a plan to overhaul its rules for regulating genetically engineered crops separately from a broader, government-wide review of biotech regulations.
The National Cattlemens Beef Association and the Public Lands Council are criticizing the Obama administration for the way its handling the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
State agencies that enforce farmworker protection standards would like more time to comply with EPAs new regulations, scheduled to go into effect in January.
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association says it will 0vigorously pursue its legal options0 to overturn $18 million in fines levied by a Washington state court judge Wednesday for campaign violations associated with the group0s opposition to a GMO labeling referendum in 2013.
The board of directors of U.S. Wheat Associates has chosen Vince Peterson, currently USWs president of overseas operations, as the organizations next president, replacing Alan Tracy, whos retiring in July.
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