Steve Davies

The Food and Drug Administration said it's taking action to address its handling of potential infant formular contamination, responding to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general that found FDA’s response to the 2022 crisis was woefully deficient.

USDA is re-emphasizing the importance of biosecurity on dairy farms in light of reports identifying a variety of ways the H5N1 virus can infect dairy herds and nearby poultry operations, including the movement of animals and people, and the sharing of vehicles and equipment.

Two major farm groups are joining the American Petroleum Institute to challenge EPA 2027-2032 tailpipe emissions standards that they argue are essentially an electric vehicle mandate.

The top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman, has laid out his proposals for a new farm bill. For the most part they mirror the bill the House Ag Committee approved last month, which means the partisan divide over policy and funding is no closer to being resolved.  

The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is set to roll out its fiscal 2025 spending bill as the House GOP makes another run this year at slashing domestic spending programs. The subcommittee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the FY25 Agriculture bill, which funds USDA and FDA as well as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The list of states reporting highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy herds has grown to a dozen with Friday's announcement by Wyoming of a detection there.

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson is renewing his pitch to Democrats to talk to him about the farm bill.

Minnesota became the 11^th state to report avian flu in dairy cows Thursday, a day after Iowa announced a herd had been infected there.