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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2017 – The Food and Drug Administration says it will ease enforcement of restrictions on the use of ultrafiltered milk (UF) in standardized cheeses, noting recent developments in the export market have caused “an oversupply and pricing challenges” with UF.
WASHINGTON, August 10, 2017 - Corn and soybean farmers hoping for a bullish crop report today had their hopes dashed by new predictions of strong soybean and corn yields that sent futures prices tumbling on the Chicago Board of Trade.
SAN DIEGO, August 9, 2017 - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, gave American Sugar Alliance members just what they wanted Tuesday morning – his unqualified support for the U.S. sugar program as his panel prepares to write a new farm bill.
SOUTH KOREA, August 9, 2017 - South Korea is expected to lift its ban on U.S. poultry as early as Friday and China may do the same not too long afterwards,...
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 - Getting the South Korea ban lifted is the high-priority short-term goal for U.S. industry and government officials, but after that the goal is to get the Asian country to overhaul the way it bans poultry.
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 - The comment period and a series of meetings in cattle country yielded an overwhelming consensus against expanding the scope of the Animal Disease Traceability (ADT)system in what observers said would be a costly and confusing move.
MEXICO, August 9, 2017 -A Mexican district court judge in Los Mochis ruled last week that the systems approach for U.S. fresh potato imports “lacks scientific basis” and, citing phytosanitary concerns, ordered a continued ban on U.S. potatoes in most of Mexico.
BELGIUM, August 9, 2017 - Millions of eggs are being recalled in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany after they have been found to be contaminated with the insecticide Fipronil.
WASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 - The U.S. Postal Service is selling a new set of Forever stamps to promote the vital role pollinators play in sustaining agriculture.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7, 2017 – The leaders of the two biggest U.S. farm groups opened the sugar industry’s annual Sweetener Symposium Monday with a plea for unity among ag groups as Congress gets down to negotiating a new farm bill.
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