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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to add two new staff members to the Natural Resources and Environment mission area and the Risk Management Agency.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29—The executive board of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives this week approved a set of priorities for farmer co-ops in the next farm bill.
The largest U.S. farm organization asked Congress Thursday to continue the existing farm safety net structure in the 2012 Farm Bill and to make proportional spending cuts in the four titles of the legislation that comprise virtually all of the funding under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28- Employment rates in rural areas are not significantly improving, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) report, “Rural American at a Glance: 2011 Edition.†However, ERS reports that three in five counties did have some job growth between 2010 and 2011
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26- Senate Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement Monday night that will keep the government running until November 18 and provide the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with the funds to continue disaster relief. The Senate approved the six-week continuing resolut
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that USDA will make payments to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels.
Grain exporter Bunge can continue to refuse delivery of corn containing one of Syngenta’s biotech traits – for now. A federal judge denied a request by Syngenta for a temporary injunction
In June 2010, the U.S. government provided some simple clarifications to the law that governs the relationship between livestock producers and the meatpackers and processors who buy their animals.
Lawmakers have through Friday, Sept. 30, to pass a stopgap funding bill or the federal government will be headed for another shutdown. But before that deadline arrives, expect another round of finger-pointing between Democrats and Republicans
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