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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -Some of the best known names in the locally grown and marketed movement and its loudest voice inside the Obama Administration rallied 1,200 sustainable agriculture advocates at the 21st annual Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) conference
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -With direct payments as the “sacrificial lamb†for budget cuts in the next Farm Bill, crop insurance will become the main safety net for the nation’s growers, said Bill O’Conner
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas is dealing with a lot of moving cards as he tries to pull together a winning hand on the 2012 farm bill.
More than 185 leaders and rural organizations from across the nation sent a letter to every U.S. Senator Wednesday expressing support for Federal investment in rural development in the Farm Bill currently being debated on the floor of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -Agriculture is the most useless college major, according to the recent Yahoo! article by Terence Loose about the National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2012 Job Outlook study, which surveyed almost 1,000 employers.
Global food prices dropped sharply in May due to generally favorable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and a strengthening of the US dollar, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture cleared on a voice vote $140.7 billion in FY 2013 discretionary and mandatory funding for the USDA and FDA. The bill now goes to the House Appropriations Committee.
WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -The first of what could be several legislative attempts this year to repeal or water down the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) is expected to be launched later today, according to ag industry sources.
WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 - While the investigation of MF Global’s collapse continues to raise questions of ethical conduct, fiscal propriety and liability, a group of Montana farmers are seeking answers at the courthouse.
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