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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, August 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 – The nation’s small meat processors are confronting a new market reality: an increasing demand for healthier local meat options coupled with the often-labyrinthine set of regulations that accompanies it.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 - No details were released, but U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer highlighted agriculture as an area of success during the second round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
LAS VEGAS, September 6, 2017 - Western Growers is partnering with S2G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth) to launch AgSharks, a new initiative to identify and help fund key innovations in the fresh produce industry.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 – USDA is easing some restrictions on what products families participating in the WIC program in Texas can buy as the full range of eggs, bread and fluid milk products are in short supply in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 – Western Growers is partnering with S2G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth) to launch AgSharks, a new initiative to identify and help fund key innovations in the fresh produce industry.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2017 – Congress returns from its five-week summer recess on Tuesday facing a massive to-do list, only complicated by the need to pass legislation to help the people of Texas and Louisiana recover from the wrath of Hurricane Harvey.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2017 — Bowing to requests from the dairy industry, USDA says it will allow milk producers to opt out of the Margin Protection Program for 2018.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2017 – It’s been three long years of decline, but farm revenue is now expected to rise this year, slightly, according to a forecast released today by the USDA’s Economic Research Service.
DECATUR, Ill., Aug. 30, 2017 – A House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session in the heart of the Corn Belt had its fair share of talk about protecting crop insurance, but speakers also urged support for USDA conservation and nutrition programs.
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