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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Donald Trump s campaign is also betting that it can win agribusiness support and run up margins in rural areas by tapping into anger about federal regulations and land management issues. At the same time, the campaign is walking a fine line on trade and immigration, trying to assur
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A leading critic of federal food and agriculture policy believes the GMO disclosure bill passed by Congress this month is a fair compromise that is likely to have little impact on consumer food choice.
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Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, WTO, North American Free Trade Agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership, illegal immigration, Dave Heinemann, Charles W. Herbster, aggies-for-Trump, Ray Weston, Mike Conaway, Frank Luntz
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The Donald Trump campaign is launching an effort to organize the food and agriculture sectors behind the candidate, who was formally nominated by the Republican convention in Cleveland Tuesday night. The campaign is expected to announce the plans at a convention event hosted by agribusines
The Republican platform gives some ammunition to hard-line conservatives in Congress who want to split the farm bill, separating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from farm and conservation programs. The platform, approved on the opening day of the convention, says
The Agriculture Department is gearing up to implement national GMO disclosure standards following last week@s overwhelming 306-117 vote that sent the legislation to President Obama for his signature. No date has been set for Obama to sign the bill, and critics of biotechnology,