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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
With the latest round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations under way, access for agricultural products to Japan and Canada remain among the unresolved issues, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman told the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.
Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts is pledging to work with the Obama administration to try to resolve farmers` concerns about a proposed rule re-defining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.
The Environmental Integrity Project and the Humane Society of the United States filed lawsuits in federal court today against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to respond to requests to regulate farm emissions like methane and ammonia.
The American Farm Bureau Federation says it considering whether to appeal a federal court`s dismissal of its lawsuit seeking to block the Environmental Protection Agency from releasing personal information of livestock and poultry farmers in response to Freedom of Information (FOIA) re
Rep. Jim McGovern, one of the House's most outspoken defenders of federal food assistance, has been named the top Democrat on the House Agriculture subcommittee assigned to investigate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- Step one in the push to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to pump Canadian tar sands oil to Texas refineries worked just as planned: Keystone legislation has been the first bill debated and voted on by the new GOP-run Senate.
Buried in USDA@s new microbial standards for poultry safety is the disclosure that the Food Safety and Inspection Service plans in March to start testing raw pork for @pathogens of public concern.@
The National Restaurant Association has released its 2015 industry forecast, and for the sixth straight year, restaurant sales are expected to increase. Restaurant sales in 2014 were $683 billion. This year, more than one million restaurants are expected to provide more tha
The National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen s Beef Association are urging Congress to renew the president s Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), as a way to help the Obama administration close trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP
Protesters interrupted a Senate Finance Committee hearing today to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations and efforts to pass Trade Promotion Authority through Congress.
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