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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Fearing a return of the avian influenza, the Agriculture Department is moving ahead with plans to stockpile a vaccine ahead of the next outbreak. USDAPs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced the release of a solicitation for proposals to supply up to 500 million doses of
Two frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, took the obligatory taste of Iowa agriculture today during the Iowa State Fair.
Donald Trump, the frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, is calling for mass deportation of illegal immigrants and nationwide use of the e-Verify system to check the legal status of workers. Both policies, where they to be attempted, could have far-reaching im
Jeb Bush is attacking the Obama administration?s regulatory agenda, including its new Clean Water Act rule, as he struggles to find a message to shore up his lagging race in Iowa during four hours at the Iowa State Fair
Former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley promised to fight agricultural mergers if hes elected president, and also touted his efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, which has agricultural runoff issues similar to hose facing Midwest states. OMalley was one of two long
Republican Mike Huckabee pressed his populist pitch as he worked the crowd at the opening of the Iowa State Fair, kicking off the parade of presidential hopefuls who will appear at the event during its 11-day run. The former Arkansas governors insurgent message and social conserv
The American Farm Bureau Federation released maps it said showed the Clean Water Act would lead to a radical expansion in its jurisdiction, and another leading farm group called for the Obama administration to delay implementation of the measure.
Donald Trump has taken the among Republicans presidential candidates in Iowa as his GOP rivals prepare to make their pitches at the State Fair opening Thursday in Des Moines.
Two polls taken after the Aug. 6 Fox News debates show Trump favored by 19 percent and 17 percent respecti
A federal appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to act by Oct. 31 on a petition calling for a ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos.
The McGovern-Dole school feeding programs is expanding to two additional countries and adding new projects in four others. The Agriculture Department on Monday announced seven new projects, two of them in Rwanda and Cote dIvoire, to go with the 28 existing projects. Rwand
