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FDA: Livestock antibiotic usage falls by one-third

12/18/18 2:00 PM By Spencer Chase

Usage of medically important antibiotics in food production has fallen sharply in the wake of new restrictions on how farms can employ the drugs, the Food and Drug Administration says.

Washington Week Ahead: Biotech, SNAP rules expected amid shutdown threat

12/16/18 9:00 AM By Philip Brasher

USDA, EPA and the Interior Department could all shut down at the end of this week unless lawmakers can reach a deal on President Trump’s funding demands for the border wall.

New farm bill bolsters the old, funds the new

12/12/18 6:50 AM By Philip Brasher

The new farm bill expected to head to President Donald Trump’s desk within days is making history with the breadth of support inside and outside Congress. The reason is plain to see in its 540 pages.

Farm bill SNAP pilots show pockets of success

12/12/18 6:40 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

Along with providing food to struggling low-income families, USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has increasingly focused on developing new ways to help SNAP beneficiaries graduate from SNAP by finding stable jobs.

McDonald’s rolls out antibiotic reduction strategy

12/12/18 6:26 AM By Spencer Chase

McDonald’s is aiming to lessen the use of medically important antibiotics, but many specifics of the restaurant chain’s plan are still up in the air.

GAO: Agriculture accounts for more than half of child worker deaths

12/12/18 6:20 AM By Ben Nuelle

Of the 452 child-worker fatalities reported between 2003 and 2016, more than half (237) occurred in agriculture, the Government Accountability Office said in a report.

Few surprises in last WASDE of 2018

12/12/18 6:15 AM By Daniel Enoch

There were few major surprises in the last WASDE report of 2018, released Tuesday, with estimates of corn production and soybean production unchanged from November.

Farmers, rural businesses object to proposed SBA loans restriction

12/12/18 6:11 AM By Ed Maixner

The Small Business Administration has heard from over 2,700 farmers, including poultry feeders, and rural small businesses and others mostly opposed to amendments to the SBA's Express Loans regulation that would make any operator getting more than 85 percent of revenue from a single source (rather than a usual 70 percent SBA ceiling) ineligible for those loans

USDA study finds poor food preparation methods

12/12/18 6:05 AM By Ben Nuelle

A recent USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and North Carolina State University study found some disturbing food-handling methods by American consumers.

USDA brings notable milk donation in visit to DC food bank

12/10/18 1:39 PM By Spencer Chase

A cadre of USDA and dairy industry officials gathered at a Northeast Washington facility Monday morning to drop off some milk and chat about food donation logistics.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Kip Eideberg, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

This week’s Open Mic guest is Kip Eideberg, Senior Vice-President Government and Industry Relations for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Like the industries they serve, equipment manufacturers are familiar with the cyclical turns in farming, forestry, construction and mining. Eideberg says higher interest rates, a lack of trade agreements and sluggish economies around the globe and in the U.S. are proving challenging for the customers to make capital purchases. Eideberg is hopeful Congress will bring a new farm bill in the Lame Duck session or at least early next year. He says tax policy will also be critical next year as both industry and customers need amended policy on deductions for research as well as depreciation.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 1, 2024: WFP Laureate Cary Fowler at Borlaug Dialogue

2024 World Food Prize laureates Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin were honored for their life work protecting crop biodiversity at the Borlaug International Dialogue. We asked Fowler about the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Then, Jim Snee, CEO of Hormel, and his wife Tammy discuss Hormel’s Hometown Food Security Project, and Manuel Otero, IICA director general, spoke on farmers’ challenges to adopt new technology.

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