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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, November 29, 2024
Rep. Glenn Thompson, who’s set to chair the House Agriculture Committee under GOP control of the chamber, plans to hit the ground running with farm bill hearings next year in hopes of getting the legislation out of the House by July.
Agriculture has played a prominent role at the United Nations climate conference, where a broad range of companies, groups and governments have been discussing issues ranging from reparations for climate damage to the role of livestock in contributing to and perhaps even mitigating the problem.
Prices for potassium chloride, the most common form of potash fertilizer, dipped in the third quarter, but global demand is expected to climb in the coming years amid supply shortages, which will keep prices strong as companies around the globe invest in new production capacity.
The outbreak of avian flu that drove poultry and egg prices sky high this year has carried into the fall as the virus continues to spread through wild birds, a sharp contrast to what happened during the last major attack seven years ago.
Over 50 million Americans rely on free distributions from food banks to help feed their families. But determining the economic value of those contributions has been challenging – until now, thanks to new research by USDA and Cornell University.
A Wisconsin cleaning company with contracts at food processing facilities across the country has been ordered to stop using workers under 18 years old.
The Food and Drug Administration is considering setting up a dedicated cadre of investigators for infant formula production as part of a strategy to prevent contamination of the product.
FDA's last installment of its FSMA regulations includes enhanced recordkeeping requirements for certain foods, which is supposed to enable faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market and ultimately reduce foodborne illnesses and deaths.
The Biden administration announced plans for a web-based international climate hub for climate-smart agriculture as government officials, non-governmental organizations and industry met in Egypt to discuss a path forward for limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
The Biden administration wants to focus on the biggest threats to the nation’s food security, citing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased ransomware attacks, climate change and the avian flu outbreak.
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