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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, September 07, 2024
USDA has set a December deadline to put together a comprehensive list of still unanswered questions related to the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard and to present that list to the public for feedback, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator Elanor Starmer said in an intervi
The organic sector is looking for a new rule beefing up animal welfare standards in the National Organic Program to further set its producers apart from traditional farming and ranching.
It turns out that millennials, perhaps the most important generation in terms of retail sales, are big consumers of organic food and other products, according to new study results announced today by the Organic Trade Association.
The ailing financial situation for many of Americaðs farmers will be getting special attention at the next USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, an annual gathering that attracts representatives of the agriculture sector from around the world every February for two days in Arlington, Virgi
The ðWaters of the U.S.ð rule drafted by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers shows that the agencies are trying to exert far more power over farmers and ranchers than Congress ever intended, the Republican majority on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee said
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The National Pork Producers Council is confident that Congress will brush away pervasive anti-trade sentiments in this election year and approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership in a lame duck vote before a new president takes office.