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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
A group of eleven senators from both parties are calling for additional funding to fight the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 37.5 million birds across 34 states.
Scientists with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and USDA's Agricultural Research Service have developed seven new types of edamame soybeans that are resistant to diseases and insects.
Proposed regulations that could require public corporations to start reporting on the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains would saddle producers with significant costs and threaten the privacy of farm data, according to an analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
President Biden’s bid to induce more double cropping of wheat and soybeans would likely have just a modest impact on production, according to an analysis by the American Soybean Association.
Iowa Democrats appealed to the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday to let the state keep its early spot in the party's presidential nominating process, a position that forces nominees to pay attention to agricultural and rural issues.
Eight midwestern governors are asking the Environmental Protection Agency allow their states to sell E15 blends of ethanol year round, even if the product remains restricted in the rest of the country.
Economists have raised their forecast for farm income this year. As a result, farm earnings are expected to be about the same this year as last, despite sharp increases in production costs.
Democrats struggling to deal with voter concerns about inflation are using a cattle markets reform bill to make the case that corporate CEOs are to blame for rising prices.
Many farmers across the West and Southern Plains worry they can't produce good crops this year because of an abnormally dry winter and little prospect for moisture in coming weeks. In California, farmers are seeing little relief after the driest two-year period on record.