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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Animal agriculture groups and USDA are concerned that EPA-proposed restrictions on rodenticides will increase costs for producers but not provide effective control of rats, mice, moles and other vermin.
As is the case in the months leading up to the debate over a new farm bill, members of the House and Senate Ag Committees are dropping legislation to signal their policy priorities.
The Biden administration’s chief agricultural negotiator, Ambassador Doug McKalip, sees signs that Mexico wants to avoid a protracted trade battle over biotechnology.
American farmers need to diversify their income sources in order to survive in an era of growing consolidation, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday, emphasizing adoption of climate-smart practices and expansion of local and regional food systems.
Manufacturers of neonicotinoids and the growers and applicators who use them are keeping a close eye on legislation in New York state that would ban the planting of corn, soybean and wheat seeds coated with the insecticides.
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by Tyson Foods that sought to have a case brought on behalf of four workers who died of COVID-19 heard in federal court.
Congress is not in session this week, but the House and Senate Ag Committees will get some new marching orders from major farm and food groups when it comes to the next farm bill.
A federal judge has declined to set aside the Biden administration’s H-2A rule issued last year, rejecting a request for a preliminary injunction sought by the National Council of Agricultural Employers.
