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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a national partnership to improve rural drinking water and wastewater systems.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took extra care to be on solid analytical and legal ground this week before it asked Cargill Meat Solutions to order the largest poultry recall in history. However, it was apparent in a briefing for reporters Thursday, its prudent mana
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and 22 other senators sent a letter this week to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) expressing concerns over critical transportation proposals related to transporting agriculture commodities.
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 4 – Due to greater than expected livestock program sales so far this fiscal year, the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) has limited funding remaining for the program.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-A unit of Cargill Meat Solutions Wednesday recalled some 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products processed at its Springdale, Arkansas, facility since February 20 due to possible contamination with Salmonella Heidelberg bacteria.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 – With deceptive manufacturing practices by foreign companies threatening domestic honey producers, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and John Hoeven called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a national standard of identity for honey.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the committee’s Ranking Member, today urged U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to work clos
CHESTERFIELD, MO., August 4 – John Deere and the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) announced the company’s membership to USFRA’s Premier Partner Advisory Group (PPAG).
WASHINGTON, August 3- A group of agriculture industry groups sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate on Tuesday, urging them not to interfere with the FDA’s decision whether to approve genetically engineered salmon as food.
STOWE, Vt., Aug. 3—Agriculture stands at the forefront of America’s economic recovery, Michael Scuse, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary of Food and Foreign Agricultural Services, said this morning at the 28th International Sweetener Symposium.
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