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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
An ethanol report from Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) indicates that the “Food versus Fuel†debate may be based on manufactured myths rather than economic realities.
The U.S. organic industry grew at 7.8% in 2010, outpacing the overall economy according to the Organic Trade Association Organic Industry Survey which put 2010 organic sales at $28.68 billion.
The Interior Department has given the controversial Cape Wind Energy Project final approval so that construction of the nation’s first offshore wind farm could begin as early as this fall.
USDA released a report Wednesday that details the wide array of renewable power opportunities available to farmers, ranchers, rural utilities and others in rural America.
Animal-rights groups may have met their match in Nebraska's Teresa Scanlan, crowned Miss America 2011 at 18, the contest's youngest-ever winner and an active champion of American agriculture and healthful eating.
To mark Earth Day Friday, the Department of Agriculture Rural Development agency awarded $105 million in new funds for water and wastewater projects coast to coast.
The U.S. House passed the Ryan 2012 budget plan in a largely party-line 235-193 vote Friday, ending a contentious debate about what is the best way to reduce federal debt.
USDA employees have lodged complaints that Communications Director Chris Mather, who was to leave Friday to take a similar post for Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in Chicago, discriminated in hiring and promotion practices.
The House and Senate both voted Thursday in favor of the continuing resolution which funds the federal government through the rest of fiscal 2011, readying the bill for President Obama's signature Friday.
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