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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, September 28, 2024
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed that the H5N1 virus has been found in a dairy herd in Colorado, the ninth state so far, the state's department of agriculture said Friday.
The U.S. Trade Representative’s annual report on intellectual property protections, out today, includes concerns about the European Union’s “aggressive promotion” of geographical indications for food products.
Animal rights activists are trying to make Sonoma County, California, which is legendary the world over for its wine, the first county in the nation to ban concentrated animal feeding operations by a public vote.
Lactating dairy cattle scheduled to move from one state to another will first have to be tested for the presence of the H5N1 virus, according to a USDA order issued Wednesday.
Dairy cattle transported from Texas have been implicated in the spread of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus found in at least four of the seven states outside of Texas that have reported infections, according to states where H5N1 has been found.
The federal agencies that buy food for distribution try to buy products locally but don’t have a comprehensive way of tracking the source of products, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
The top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Maxine Waters of California, and four senior Senate Democrats are urging an appeals court to preserve a new law that requires small businesses, including farms, to disclose their ownership to the federal government.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf defended agency plans that would reduce funding to state and local safety inspection programs. The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee questioned Califf Thursday on a number of agency priorities and its fiscal year 2025 budget request.