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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 23, 2024
USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) will be adding premium subsidies and moving premium due dates in 2021 for its Livestock Gross Margin insurance program for cattle and swine, the agency announced Monday.
As Congress considers a new wave of aid to combat the financial pressures of the coronavirus, the trade group representing the nation’s pork producers says it’s critical the new package include aid sufficient enough to keep struggling producers in business.
Most Americans need to significantly cut back on their consumption of added sugars, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee said in a scientific report released today, kicking off a public comment period that ends Aug. 13.
Bayer announced Thursday that it will team up with Prospera Technologies Inc. to create tools that track and analyze greenhouse data for vegetable growers.
Farm groups and their Senate allies are making their final pitches to Capitol Hill for billions in additional aid as lawmakers look to pass what is expected to be the last major coronavirus relief package this year.
Closures of meatpacking plants due to COVID-19 built up a backlog of at least 3 million hogs. With nowhere else to send them, some producers have resorted to euthanasia.
Fast food giant Burger King launched a new social media campaign Tuesday to announce its plans to reduce methane emissions from cattle used to produce beef for their Whoppers, an effort that left many in production agriculture disappointed.