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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Senators were warned Wednesday that the EPA’s new regulations for plant-incorporated protectants will slow the breeding of new fruit and vegetable varieties that are more resistant to pests and diseases.
A recently released evaluation of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) indicates the program’s positive impact continues to grow.
Critics of commodity checkoffs are making a fresh run at imposing new restrictions on the programs, including a prohibition on contracting research and promotion work out to organizations that lobby Congress or federal agencies.
Congressional approval of the debt ceiling agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has triggered a new debate about the impact of the changes made to SNAP work requirements, with Republicans insisting they take another crack at the issue during the upcoming farm bill.
Dairy operations and cattle producers in the Southwest are bracing for potentially higher feed bills, depending on how farmers respond to a historic agreement among California, Nevada and Arizona that’s intended to slash agricultural water usage and preserve hydropower generation.
Anheuser-Busch has agreed to pay $537,000 in fines and “implement a comprehensive safety review of all 11 of its breweries that use anhydrous ammonia,” according to EPA.
U.S. soybean acreage has increased 18 percent – from 74 to 87 million - in the last twenty years. Soybean acreage grew at a faster rate than corn during the same period.
National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern will retire at the end of the year after a decade at the helm of NMPF and a total of 45 years in the ag industry.
Wine consumption is plateauing even as value-priced wines decline in sales amid a growing market for higher-priced, premium wines, says Chris Bitter, senior wine and grape analyst at Terrain, an agricultural analysis firm.
The House Agriculture Committee is set to hold its first hearing this year on farm bill nutrition programs, while a Senate Agriculture subcommittee this week will analyze the horticulture title.