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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 05, 2024
House lawmakers are setting the stage for a farm bill battle over international food aid with new legislation to diminish the role of non-profit humanitarian groups and eliminate the roles of cash and non-U.S. origin food in the assistance delivered around the world.
A nationwide survey of grocery store prices shows a slight dip in the cost of an Independence Day celebration according to a report released Tuesday from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Extensive internal and external feedback is leading the Food and Drug Administration to further refine a reorganizational plan to include clear responsibilities for the leader of the Human Foods Program and significant changes for its Office of Regulatory Affairs.
A key dairy-state lawmaker and Senate Agriculture Committee member hopes the 2023 farm bill will help expand rural broadband service, and he also believes that it's also critical for Congress to address ag labor needs.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday announced $2.7 billion in total funding from USDA's Commodity Credit Corp. account to build domestic fertilizer capacity, support school meal providers and fund emergency commodity purchases by states.
California regulators are giving retailers until the end of the year to clear their supplies of pork out of compliance with the state's Proposition 12 animal housing law.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced a fiscal 2024 spending bill for USDA and FDA that’s funded in line with the caps in the recently enacted debt ceiling agreement and without the $8 billion in funding rescissions that House Republicans are using to fund their version of the legislation.
Consumers are unlikely to scale back on July Fourth celebrations even with prices for barbecue staple ingredients up 31% on average over the past four years.
The Biden administration has issued the first approvals for cell-cultivated meat production in the United States, offering the green light for two companies to start producing chicken for human consumption.