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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are working to finalize key details of their draft farm bill, including changes to the Agriculture Risk Coverage program, with hopes of bringing the legislation out of committee sometime in June.
Sometimes, in order to get what you want, you have to give a little. In the case of the latest consolidation in the agriculture sector, Bayer will have to give a lot to get much more.
A Cornell University-sponsored training week in Illinois helps a worldwide gathering of farmers pump up to fight for better science in the lab and the field.
An alarming shortage of food-animal veterinarians across the U.S. is causing lost livestock production, lost rural income, and serious threats to food safety and human health, stakeholders say.
The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance has chosen five research projects to be funded through the Alfalfa Checkoff, aimed at driving innovation and profitability in the alfalfa industry.
Bayer has agreed to sell off approximately $9 billion in businesses and assets to BASF in order to gain approval of its purchase of Monsanto, the Justice Department announced today.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved bills to fund the USDA, FDA and Army Corps of Engineers that steer clear of environmental issues addressed by the House’s versions of those same spending bills.
A Senate bill that would ease trucking requirements for livestock haulers has the backing of two major U.S. cattle groups and a bipartisan contingent of lawmakers.