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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees say the debt limit agreement should remove SNAP work requirements as a potential sticking point in the upcoming farm bill debate, but also said the deal takes away some potential funding.
A Department of Agriculture proposal to outline conditions for beef to enter the U.S. market from Paraguay is being met with stiff opposition from groups representing American producers.
The research, education and outreach arm of the wheat industry has joined forces with USDA’s chief nutrition guidance initiative to promote resources for a healthy diet.
House Republicans who have been struggling unsuccessfully for years to tighten work rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program scored a win in the debt limit negotiations that would expand the requirements to people in their early 50s, but President Joe Biden also won key new exemptions for veterans and people who are homeless.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden reached an agreement in principle on raising the debt ceiling that would expand work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
An EPA rule regulating plant-incorporated protectants received swift criticism Thursday from groups representing the seed industry and soybean growers, who said it would hamper innovation.
Eight years after ground was first broken for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, government officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the facility’s official opening.
The International Food Information Council released its annual Food and Health Survey Tuesday, which showed a higher reliance on price and less on climate concerns in consumer purchasing decisions.
Renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés is partnering with George Washington University to find solutions to food issues through the new Global Food Institute.
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