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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The House is set today to clear the Senate-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which empowers the Federal Maritime Commission to take steps to clear port bottlenecks and reduce shipping rates.
Inflation remains at center stage during this election year, and congressional Democrats are preparing to move a series of bills they say will help target the issue.
Supermarket prices shot up a seasonally adjusted 1.4% in May, led by soaring costs for dairy products, and have risen 11.9% over the past 12 months, according to the latest Consumer Price Index.
Higher prices for animal fats and vegetable oils are helping drive what is expected to be a record global food import bill this year, forcing consumers to spend more and get less to eat, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday.
Farmers throughout the United States said they are worried skyrocketing diesel prices will cut into their profits this year, even as some of them benefit from booming commodity markets.
A proposed 8,000-head-per-day beef processing facility in South Dakota is joining a packed roster of planned and existing plants that could be forced to compete for shrinking cattle inventories in the years ahead.
Advocates for organic agriculture are praising a new framework from the Agriculture Department to transform the U.S. food system, which includes $300 million for organic development, but questions remain about how USDA will roll out the money.
As U.S. growers look for more crops that can withstand extreme drought, a South American staple is emerging as a potential option. But growing quinoa presents some challenges that need to be resolved before producers can adopt it into their rotations at scale.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a $3.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund a technological and regenerative operation coined the “Farm of the Future”.
Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. announces keynote speakers for the 2022 Agri-Pulse Food & Ag Issues Summit. The event is being held at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento on July 11, 2022. Virtual attendance options are also available.
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