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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012 -President Obama announced that new financing will be allocated to help rural small businesses expand and hire via the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC).
The American Soybean Association (ASA) and several agriculture groups sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) encouraging
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced its plan to become the first major media company to introduce new standards for food advertising on programming targeting kids and families.
The Obama Administration announced its support of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 today, but notes it wants more cuts in the crop insurance and commodity programs. The White House released its statement after the Senate voted 90-8 today to proceed to debate the 2012 Farm Bill.
More than 185 leaders and rural organizations from across the nation sent a letter to every U.S. Senator Wednesday expressing support for Federal investment in rural development in the Farm Bill currently being debated on the floor of the Senate.
Global food prices dropped sharply in May due to generally favorable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and a strengthening of the US dollar, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture cleared on a voice vote $140.7 billion in FY 2013 discretionary and mandatory funding for the USDA and FDA. The bill now goes to the House Appropriations Committee.
In a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) this week, several agriculture industry organizations urged the House Agriculture Committee to include a provision establishing a Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR
Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid, D-Nev., spoke on the Senate floor today regarding the Senate Committee-passed Farm Bill, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, calling it “a strong, bipartisan agriculture bill.â€
The American Farm Bureau Federation sent a letter to the Senate Monday outlining the organization’s priorities and concerns regarding the Senate Agriculture Committee’s proposed 2012 farm bill, S. 3240
