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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Florida citrus growers should not expect to receive a silver bullet in their fight against citrus greening, a new National Academy of Sciences report has concluded.
The Justice Department has decided to approve Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto after DOJ and the two companies reached an “agreement in principle,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Trump administration seeks to calm farmers’ fears about the escalating trade dispute with China, even as corn and soybean growers hope the crisis will at least end the White House’s consideration of intervening in the biofuel credit market.
California growers should start to look seriously at how to adapt to the changing climate, which could shrink the land available for many of the state's most popular crops, a new study has found.
USDA officials are working under increasing pressure to devise programs to help compensate farmers for expected losses due to new Chinese tariffs, but the complexity of the task is daunting, say government officials.
A Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Jim McGovern, drew cheers at a meeting of anti-hunger activists in February when he called for stopping the farm bill if it’s unfair to nutrition assistance programs.
Some invasive species usually try and settle down, start a large family and stake a claim on some of California's endless buffet of agricultural crops, becoming the bane of farmers and researchers.