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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
As farmers finish harvest and start sending crops to market, a shortage of diesel is keeping the fuel at historically high levels even as gas prices are easing.
A dry fall helped speed harvest and reduce the need for propane for drying this year’s crops, and that will help farmers deal with the price increases for the fuel expected this winter.
Regulators need to take a closer look at the impacts of biofuel production on land use and the carbon intensity of anaerobic digesters as they develop lifecycle assessments for transportation fuels, a National Academy of Sciences report says.
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to advance a proposal laying out biofuel usage mandates for the next few years and likely creating credits for biogas-produced electricity.
North American dairy cows produce 6% more milk, consume 4% less feed and use 13% less land than they did in 2007, according to a new study from three lobbying groups.
The deal that opened up grain exports from three ports in Ukraine is widely lauded as a success in bringing down global food prices, but the future of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is being threatened by Russia, and United Nations officials are scrambling to save it.
The White House is laying out a strategy today for meeting the President Biden’s ambitious goal of ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases by 2030.
The Biden administration hosts the first White House conference on hunger and nutrition in more than 50 years to debate a national strategy that officials will unveil ahead of the Wednesday meeting.
The Agriculture Department’s tracking of foreign land ownership relies heavily on investors to voluntarily report acquisitions, but enforcement cases have dropped dramatically even as the number of transactions has surged over the past decade, according to an analysis of USDA data.
It could take years for sustainable aviation fuels to take off despite significant, but temporary, new tax credits included in a newly enacted package of financial incentives intended to jump-start progress on the Biden administration’s climate goals.