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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
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WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - The Food and Drug Administration will have to sift through hundreds of comments containing often-conflicting advice as it tries to redefine the term “healthy” for use on food products.
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad breezed through two hours of detailed questioning Tuesday at his confirmation hearing to be the next ambassador to China, ...
LEESBURG, Va., May 1, 2017 – USDA is putting a hold on regulations in the National School Lunch Program that would require less salt and more whole grains in cafeterias, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said today at an elementary school in Virginia.
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2017 - A congressional agreement to fund the government for the rest of fiscal 2017 largely rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts in food aid and other agricultural programs but also fails to provide new assistance sought by cotton and dairy producers.
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2017 – Congress is set to approve a fiscal 2017 budget agreement this week, while the Trump administration is moving to soften key school nutrition standards.
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 – Now that U.S. efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement are ramping up, lawmakers are asking President Donald Trump to focus on what they call Canada’s increasingly protectionist dairy policies.
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2017 -- With President Donald Trump’s axe thought to be looming over the entire North American Free Trade Agreement, three veteran advocates for the U.S. agricultural and manufacturing sectors called Wednesday for improving the 23-year-old pact while warning against economic damages of killing it.
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017 - President Trump is proposing to slash the tax rate for owner-operated businesses and corporations to 15 percent, a rate cut that could potentially benefit farms.
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017 - Republican demands for cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program slowed down consideration of the 2014 farm bill, and the issue ...