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Six states agree on Colorado River cuts, but still at odds with California

02/01/23 8:15 AM By Noah Wicks

Six Colorado River states are at odds with California over proposals for how to conserve between 2 and 4 million acre-feet of water, leaving the decision in the hands of the Bureau of Reclamation.

Devil in the details of FDA’s new Human Foods Program

02/01/23 6:23 AM By Jacqui Fatka

Stakeholders offered a tepid response to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf’s unveiling Tuesday of a new Humans Foods Program, which Califf said he believes will fundamentally transform the way FDA oversees the U.S. food supply.

US, Mexico stalemate on GM corn leaves next step to López Obrador

02/01/23 6:18 AM By Bill Tomson

When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador first unveiled a decree two years ago to ban genetically modified corn and effectively shut out most U.S. exports, Trump administration officials asked themselves the obvious question: Is he really serious about this?

Dietary guidelines committee to examine evidence through 'health equity lens'

02/01/23 6:15 AM By Steve Davies

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has been charged with examining diet through a “health equity lens,” which is encouraging news for anti-hunger advocates. However, the dairy industry is pushing back against the possibility that dairy recommendations could be modified due to concerns about lactose intolerance.

Asian, African countries among 2023 McGovern-Dole priorities

02/01/23 6:04 AM By Lydia Johnson

Seven low-income, food-deficit countries will receive resources to support education, child development and food security.

FDA to establish Human Foods Program, deputy commissioner to oversee it

01/31/23 12:14 PM By Jacqui Fatka

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf has proposed creating a new Human Foods Program at the agency and has begun a national search for a newly created deputy commissioner for human foods who would report directly to him.

Vilsack outlines new policy vision headed into farm bill debate

01/30/23 4:09 PM By Spencer Chase

The Biden administration’s top agriculture official wants Congress and states across the country to focus on a broader vision for the nation’s agricultural economy.

Daybreak Jan. 30: Food industry, consumer advocates anxiously await FDA announcement

01/30/23 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is due this week to reveal his response to demands that he shore up the leadership of the agency’s food programs.

Washington Week Ahead: FDA set to respond to demands for overhaul

Senators continue farm bill review, corn growers seek Hill help

01/29/23 11:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is due to announce this week what steps he'll to take to tighten leadership of the agency’s food programs, while the Senate Agriculture Committee resumes its hearings on the next farm bill, and corn growers try to raise awareness of Mexico's looming ban on biotech corn.

Thompson tweaks livestock, nutrition panels in major House Ag subcommittee shakeup

01/26/23 5:44 PM By Spencer Chase and Philip Brasher

A new subcommittee structure would put foreign agriculture and nutrition policy under the same umbrella as part of broader changes to the House Ag Committee’s oversight of the nation’s agriculture and food policy.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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