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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, announced tonight that the Committee will begin marking up the 2012 Farm Bill on Thursday, April 26 at 10:30 a.m. in the Committee’s hearing room, 328-A of the Russell Senate Office Building.
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released its farm policy report today, “Ensuring the Harvest: Crop Insurance and Credit for a Healthy Farm and Food Future,†which recommends USDA offer a whole-farm revenue insurance program for diversified, small and organic farms.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. today released the agency’s “Global Engagement Report†on the steps the agency takes to monitor imported food, drugs, medical devices, and other regulated products.
Congressmen Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Joe Courtney, D-Conn., hosted a briefing with animal agriculture representatives for congressional staff about their concerns with legislation introduced in the House that would codify an agreement between the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the
Attaching conservation compliance to the crop insurance program would cause numerous unintended consequences, according to a group of 31 agricultural organizations in a letter sent today to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.
With the Senate Agriculture Committee expected to begin drafting a Farm Bill next week, 29 dairy and farm organizations signed a letter sent yesterday to the Committee leaders urging inclusion of the Dairy Security Act in the upcoming legislation.
A group of 31 Congress members addressed their concerns about the “campaign of misinformation†regarding lean, finely textured beef (LFTB), known as pink slime, promulgated by “a few overzealous individuals of the media.â€
