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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, November 29, 2024
Senate Agriculture Committee Republicans criticized USDA’s “unilateral” increase to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and warned the rising costs could make it more difficult to make other needed changes to the farm bill, during the committee’s nutrition oversight hearing on Thursday morning.
The Congressional Budget Office is raising its cost estimate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by $93 billion over the next 10 years, or about 8.4%, due in part to expected benefit recalculations authorized by the 2018 farm bill.
“The escalating cost of doing business in California” has driven Smithfield Foods to close their Farmer John processing plant in Vernon, California, this month.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sends a message about the political significance of ag policy, sitting through the entirety of a House Agriculture Committee farm bill listening session in California and also fielding questions from reporters on a range of issues.
Mexico’s bold move this week to reinforce its drive to disparage genetically modified corn and ban imports ignores protests from the Biden administration, adding pressure on the U.S. to follow through with recent threats to initiate a dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The American Feed Industry Association and National Grain and Feed Association are offering support for a Memorandum of Understanding between feed regulators and the Food and Drug Administration at an FDA listening session.
The continued growth of the organic foods industry requires an increased funding commitment and regulatory predictability from the federal government, the Organic Trade Association said in outlining its priorities for the next farm bill.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service made its first purchases of diagnostic tests to test livestock for African swine fever (ASF) and foot and mouth disease (FMD). The purchases were made possible through funding in the 2018 farm bill establishing the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank.
The Food and Drug Administration's latest Food Code provides new language that clarifies when food donations from retail establishments will be allowed if proper handling safety practices have been followed.
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