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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, November 03, 2024
Federal research agencies need to do a better job of coordinating studies into how to address Americans’ nutrition deficiencies, which have been highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis, according to a study by leading nutrition experts.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced Monday that they have teamed up to create a new initiative to control the spread of African Swine Fever.
The Southern Peanut Farmers Federation, the American Peanut Shellers Association and the National Peanut Buying Points Association have joined together to create the United States Peanut Federation, which announced its formation in a press release last Thursday.
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.
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